Two brothers, Col. Frank and Dr. C.R. Ray, needed a power plant for their nearby gold mine. The brothers chose the Tolo area for the power plant's site, about four miles above the city of Gold Hill. Work started on the original Gold Ray Dam in 1902 by first diverting the rushing Rogue around the site so that large timbers could be jammed into the bedrock and create a dam to hold back water.By 1904, the impounded river lifted the Rogue's surface enough to divert it through a [...]
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