Horse Heaven, Oregon

Horse Heaven, Oregon

Horse Heaven is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, located about 15 miles east of Ashwood, atop the divide between Cherry and Muddy Creeks. The town was founded in 1933 when two prospectors discovered mercury-yielding cinnabar.

During its heyday, ten level 1400-foot tunnels had been dug. Horse Heaven was presumably abandoned for good in the mid-1940s. [http://www.brian894x4.com/HorseHeavenMine.html Horse Heaven Mine] , Abandoned Railroads of the Pacific Northwest.]

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External links

* [http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/er/HorseHeaven/ Horse Heaven Mine environmental cleanup site information] from Oregon Department of Environmental Quality


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