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Amasya
Gumushacikoy silver workings
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: galena, cerussite, barite, slag.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Ottoman silver-lead mining town, its name meaning silver village, with scattered old galleries
Documented Ottoman mint-supplying mines in regional histories.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
collapsing adits
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