Nevertheless, history indicates that Ira Moore found gold in 1868, and the Douglas Creek district (initially referred to as the Foley district) was organized. Spring Creek Placers. The necessity for water in Spring Creek (a tributary of Muddy Creek) led a group of prospectors to dig a thousand ft of bedrock flume, 4,500 feet of ditch with 600 ft of fluming so they may hydraulically mine the...