Bourne, Oregon. Crumbling buildings in a ghost mining town. The town came into existence in the 1870s and was notorious for the wildcat venture. Exodus from the camp occured in 1906 and most of the mines have remained closed. In the 1940 Oregon state guide (Federal Writers Project) the population was given as one person. Now, May 1942, there were at least twenty people living in the town. Increase of population is due to growth of dredging for gold with a doodlebugs