Editing Cave Junction, Oregon (section)

=== Historic sites ===
Cave Junction has a number of historic sites related to its early gold mining days, including various mines, ditches, and Logan Cut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20011026.htm |title= National Register of Historic Places Listings October 26, 2001 |access-date=2007-09-30 |publisher=National Park Service }}</ref>  The historic Osgood Ditch in Takilma provided water for early mining operations in the Illinois Valley.<ref>{{cite news |title=Into the wild |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref>  Although mining in the Illinois Valley started in the rivers, gold was soon discovered in gravel beds high up the slopes above the rivers.  It had been deposited by ancient rivers that then eroded deep into the earth.  To extract this gold, prospectors created ditches to bring the water to these areas.  The water was then moved through piping to the desired location.  The pressure the water built up as it dropped was used for [[hydraulic mining]].  Water cannons fired water over {{convert|100|ft|m}}, and the debris was run through a [[Placer mining#Sluice box|sluice box]].  Gold was located within pockets in the gravel, and because the miners could not predict where the pockets were, almost every gravel deposit in the Illinois Valley was mined.  The Illinois Valley's largest gold rush town, [[Waldo, Oregon]], was located on a gravel deposit and was eventually destroyed when its gravel bed was run through a sluice box, along with most of the town.  Today nothing of Waldo remains.  The Osgood Ditch provided water for mining operations near Waldo.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2006/2006-0222/RB-JoCoSes-hydraulic.htm |title=Legacy of hydraulic mining leaves last imprint on Illinois Valley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106185845/http://illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2006/2006-0222/RB-JoCoSes-hydraulic.htm |archive-date=2009-01-06 |last=Brandt |first=Roger |date=2006-02-22 |newspaper=Illinois Valley News}}</ref>  One building of note in the area is the [[Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve#Historic buildings|Oregon Caves Chateau]], which is a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref name=ORNRHP>{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|access-date=2007-09-27|publisher=Oregon.gov|archive-date=July 16, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716084142/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

One of the well known mining communities AltHouse established the AltHouse Church in 1893 about a 1/4 mile down on Dick George Road. This church is one of the oldest building in the valley still standing and still in use. Between 1895–99 the church was moved down to its present site on Holland Loop Road where it has served the community till this day. It is currently known as [[Bridgeview Community Church]] since the 1920s). A newer building was built in 1986 where services are now being held every Sunday. The original church is currently under restoration and will continue to be as the builders back then said; "A place for us or children and grandchildren to worship".<ref>Updated status and pictures can be seen at the church's website at {{URL|www.bridgeviewcc.org}}</ref>