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South Dakota
Firesteel prairie coal-mining town
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Lincoln cents, Barber and Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, harness parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1910-1968 strip coal mining and trade town
Founded in 1910, it was South Dakota's only coal-mining community, with strip mines worked by draglines and a tipple, plus a flour mill, bank, school and stockyard. Mechanization cut jobs, fires destroyed businesses and the mine closed in 1968.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old strip pits
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