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Buncom Little Applegate gold-mining ghost town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
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
1851-1918 placer gold camp
Mining camp first settled by Chinese miners in 1851 after gold strikes on Sterling Creek, with a store, an 1861 saloon and a post office from 1896. The gold ran out by 1918 and the town was abandoned.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
tailings, poison oak
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