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Big Bug Creek gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases and musket balls, buttons, 1880s bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1862-1910 gold mining camp, 1930s placer revival
Founded in 1862 by Theodore Boggs on Big Bug Creek, it averaged about 100 people (115 in 1890) and had a post office from 1879 to 1910. The town died with the mines, though 1930s placer and dredge miners returned to the creek.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
flash floods, old mine workings
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