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Belleville Holcomb Valley gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, square nails, cartridge cases, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1860-1870 Holcomb Valley gold rush
Boomtown of the Holcomb Valley gold rush that reached nearly 1,500 people in 1860, with stores, saloons, a stamp mill and a sawmill, and nearly won the county seat. It was a rough, secessionist town, and it emptied as the placers ran out around 1870.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings, winter snow
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