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One of 69 National Register listings published here for Josephine County · listed in 2001 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Esterly Pit No. 2-Llano De Oro Mine
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The listing
- Listed as. Esterly Pit No. 2--Llano De Oro Mine - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Approx. 1.5 mi. N. of Jct. of Waldo Rd. and BLM Rd. 40-8-28, Cave Junction, 97523
- When was it listed? October 2001
- Category. site
- Also known as. Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon Mining Resources MPS
- Census division. Cave Junction
- National Register reference number. 01001145 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Esterly Pit No. 2-Llano De Oro Mine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 40 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Natural | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Other causes | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | CASCADE DR |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 27752 |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | HAYSTACK |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | HOLLAND LOOP ROAD 2612 |
| 7 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | REDWOOD HWY. MP 33 |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | 4 CORNERS |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | ELDER |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 28288 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 92 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Esterly Pit No. 2-Llano De Oro Mine: 46 past producers, 16 occurrences, 15 producers, 9 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Mine/Waldo Area Placers | Gold, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Cowboy Mine | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1900, 1903 | |
| Cowboy Mine | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1900, 1916 | |
| Daisy | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite | |
| Deep Gravel Mine | Gold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum | Producer | 1874 | |
| Esterley Chrome Mine | Chromium, Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Platinum | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Esterley Chromite Mine | Chromium, Uranium, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Esterley Placer | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Chromium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Josephine Creek | Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lyttle Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Cubanite |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Gravel Mine | 0.5 miles | 2001 | |
| Logan Drain Ditches | 0.6 miles | 2001 | |
| Wimer Ditch | 0.6 miles | 2001 | |
| Logan Drain Ditches | 0.7 miles | 2001 | |
| Logan Wash Ditch | 0.9 miles | 2001 | |
| Middle Ditch | 0.9 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001145 in Record Group 79. |
| Josephine County | All 69 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.