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Nevada
Aurum Silver Canyon mining camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1878-1930s boom-and-bust mining camp
Mining camp in Silver Canyon founded in 1878, with miners' boarding houses in an upper section called Doughburg and homes, businesses and the post office below. An 1884 avalanche killed three people above the Sadie L Mine boarding house; the camp went through repeated booms and busts until the post office closed in 1938.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
avalanche terrain, mine workings, remote
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