James "Bohemia" Johnson (???? - ????): Outlaw, prospector, and catalyst for the gold rush

In 1863, an unsavory sort by the unlikely name of "Bohemia" Johnson decided to leave Roseburg, probably because he was wanted by the local constabulary for killing an Indian.  While fleeing northward, he was the beneficiary of one of the least-deserved strokes of luck known to man; he discovered gold-bearing quartz in a stream.

Making his way into Cottage Grove, he promptly spilled the beans about his discovery.  This tidbit of information quickly spread, and by the next summer, Cottage Grove experienced a gold rush that would bring in enough prospectors, merchants, saloon girls, and cardsharps to triple the tiny town's population, and eventually led to Johnson lending his nickname to... well, just about everything in the district, really.

Despite his indiscretion, Johnson's luck continued to hold.  While his fellow prospectors were busy with the painstaking process of panning gold from the local streambeds, Johnson managed to discover the first lode deposit in the area.  From his description, it was a heck of a lode, but perhaps he learned from his previous experience, because this time nobody was able to figure out precisely where he'd found it.  As a result, Johnson's strike became known as the Mystery Mine, and while many hopeful prospectors have searched for it over the years, as of yet, the Mystery Mine of Bohemia Johnson has never been found.