BUNCOM

NAME: Buncom
COUNTY: Jackson
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
Anytime.
COMMENTS: Take OR 238 to Ruch, then south on Applegate Road about 2 1/2 miles. Neat place to visit.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.
Mining was done in Sterling Creek and the Little Applegate Rivers during the early 1900's and Buncom is located on the confluence of those rivers. A few buildings remain.


Buncom
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Buncom
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Buncom
Courtesy Dolores Steele

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