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Cambria Black Hills coal company town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: miners' lamp parts, cartridge cases, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1889-1928 company coal town
Coal town built by Kilpatrick Brothers and Collins for the Burlington railroad, with a hospital, school, three churches, two hotels, an opera house, a bank and about 150 miners' houses; the company paid in scrip and 'clacker' coins. The census counted 966 people in 1900, and the town was abandoned in 1928 when the seam thinned out.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable ruins, mine openings
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