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Barthell Stearns coal camp museum
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, company scrip, miners' tags and lamp parts.
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
1902-1961 coal camp
The first of 18 Stearns Coal and Lumber Company mining camps, opened in 1902, with record output in 1930 and a second rail line in World War II. A 1943 tipple fire began the decline, and the camp was dismantled from 1952 to 1961.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine openings
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