Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Sterling Minning Ditch




This is a view of the Little Applegate valley.
Pick up about 4 caches along this trail.
I don't know these flowers
but look new
to me.

This is the Sterling Ditch it was dug by 400 Chinese workers in 1877.They needed to get water above the creek to wash out the gold that was stranded on the slopes in the ancient river gravel.This ditch is over 26 miles long and three feet deep. Nowadays this trail along the ditch is 17 miles long.


3 comments:

Justica said...

Ooh I love those flowers!! Do you have any clue what they are called?

Dan said...

I look for about hour trying to ID Flowers. But no luck.
Maybe someone out there knows?

Sutherlands said...

The flowers are pretty, but I have never seen them before. It looks like a nice Spring-time hike.