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Gillett Tip Top mill town and stage station
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: 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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1878-1912 ore mill town and stage station
A mill town on the Agua Fria River built for the Tip Top Mine, which in 1878 had a bank, hotel, livery, two stage stations, four stores and nine saloons and gambling houses. The mill closed in 1880 and moved in 1884, the town emptied, and the stage station on the Black Canyon road lasted until 1912.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rattlesnakes, flash floods, remote
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