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Hardin City lost-silver boom camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, emigrant-trail relics, cartridge cases, buttons.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1859-1868 silver rush camp
Boom camp on the west slope of the Black Rock Range, born of the hunt for James Hardin's lost silver find of 1849 on the Applegate-Lassen Trail. Prospectors fled during the 1860 Pyramid Lake war, returned in 1866 with mills and a short-lived post office, but silver could never be recovered reliably and the camp died by 1868.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
very remote desert, no water
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