There's gold, and frustration, in Oregon's hills

There's gold, and frustration, in Oregon's hills: "There's gold, and frustration, in Oregon's hills
Sunday, February 26, 2006
RICHARD COCKLE

SUMPTER -- Eighty-year-old Bruce Parke was almost killed in 1995 by a man who thought he had a stash of nuggets and gold dust in his Eastern Oregon cabin.

'These guys go crazy when they see gold,' said Parke, warming himself beside a crackling wood stove in his rustic, snow-covered cabin surrounded by mining equipment."