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Hickory Ridge pyrite mining town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, mining tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1889-1940s pyrite mine town
A town of about 171 homes that grew after the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine opened in 1889, with an Odd Fellows hall, an inn and a company store. The government bought and condemned the land in the 1930s for a recreation area, and the last holdouts were evicted when the OSS took it over in World War II.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine ground
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