Sumpter Oregon

Free Apples

Who knew deer could read?

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Municipal Museum

Historic Sumpter Oregon.

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The Fort

A motel and rv park in Sumpter Oregon.

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Sumpter Railroad Sign

Sumpter Oregon

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Powder River Sunburst

Powder river in the morning.

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Powder River Sunray

Slight morning sunrays on the Powder River in the fall.

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Winches

Inside the historic gold dredge in Sumpter Oregon you can see the original equipment.

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In The Dredge

HDR shot inside the historic gold dredge in Sumpter Oregon.

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Closed Area

Some areas of the dredge were off limits.

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The Dredge

The historic dredge in Sumpter Oregon.

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Lift

The massive machinery inside the historic gold dredge in Sumpter Oregon. I believe these cables would lift the huge line of buckets to get them in position for digging.

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Reflections

I showed the tourists in this shot for a sense of scale. The digging buckets are huge and would swing back and forth digging up the stream bed before processing the materials inside the dredge. The waste would be discharged out the back and would make tailing piles.

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Union 76

This is my favorite shot from the trip to Sumpter. It looks like an old oil tanker trailer. The thing that strikes me about it is that it was bridging the worlds of horse drawn and machinery. I could easily see this being pulled by horses to take the fuel or oil to the equipment. It may be not that old but it has the look.

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More Dredge Machinery

In the gold dredge in Sumpter Oregon.

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Buckets

You could stand in those buckets. Imagine how much material it could process in a day.

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Downstream Powder River

looking downstream in the morning on the powder river.

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Tiny Falls

Looking downstream on the Powder River.

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Train Car

You can still go for a ride on the Historic Sumpter Valley Railway.

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Steam Train Boilers

The parts on display in the yard of the Sumpter Valley Railway.

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Birds On A Crane

Old rusty equipment is awesome and the birds added interest for me.

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Big Wheels

Gritty HDR shot of an old crane.

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