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Bourne Cracker Creek gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, bottles.
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), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1895-1927 hard-rock gold camp
Gold boomtown on Cracker Creek north of Sumpter, first called Cracker City and platted in 1902, with 77 people in 1910. The post office ran from 1895 to 1927.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings
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