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Gold Butte gold rush camp

Ghost town Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, cans.

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).

Why this spot

1905-1910 gold rush camp

Camp of the 1905 to 1906 gold rush in the Virgin Mountains, with a post office, hotel, livery stable and store. The district produced only about $75,000 and the town was abandoned by December 1910.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open mine shafts, very remote, heat

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