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Chulafinnee gold mining town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Large cents, mining hand tools, brick and cut nails, early bottle glass, pipe fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1835-1904 gold mining town
Founded in 1835 after gold turned up in nearby creeks, Chulafinnee was smaller than Arbacoochee but had more brick buildings. A post office ran from 1842 to 1904.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings, snakes
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