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Oregon
Cornucopia 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, tobacco tins.
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
1885-1942 hard-rock gold camp
Gold camp platted in 1886 after an 1884 strike; up to 700 men worked the mines around 1902 and it still had 352 residents in 1940. It was abandoned after the 1942 federal order closing gold mines.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings, ruins, mountain snow
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