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Buckskin Joe Pikes Peak gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: large cents and Indian Head cents, percussion caps, mining tools, 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
1860s Pikes Peak gold-rush camp and county seat
Gold camp founded in 1860 as Laurette, Kansas Territory, on Buckskin Creek, serving as Park County seat from 1862 to 1867; claims of 5,000 residents are thought exaggerated. It faded as the placer and vein gold gave out, and its buildings were later hauled off to a tourist attraction.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
high altitude, mine workings
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