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Galena Silver Creek mining camp

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, bottles.

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).

Why this spot

1891-1900s silver-lead mining camp

Mining camp platted in 1891 in the Silver Creek district, with stage and mail service and a weekly mining newspaper from 1892 to 1894. A county wagon road from Index reached it, completed as a road in 1911.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

washoutsSteep terrain, old mine workings

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