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New Mexico
Clairmont Copper Creek mining camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Mexican reales, mining tools, horseshoes, cartridge cases.
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
1820s-1880s mining camp and supply center
Reported as a mining camp as early as 1822, Clairmont survived through the 1880s as a supply center for prospectors and had a post office in 1883.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, old mine workings
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