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Fairfax Carbon River coal and coke 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: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and Lincoln cents, miners' carbide and oil lamp parts, cartridge cases, bottles, coke-oven brick.
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
1896-1920 coal and coke town
Coal town whose mine began in 1896, with a railroad from Carbonado shipping coal from 1899 and 35 coke ovens built in 1902. Mining ended after World War I; the town was reachable only by rail or pack train until the 1921 O'Farrell Bridge.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine openings, river gorge
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