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Hites Cove Merced River gold mine camp
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Sea potteryAlso reported: Indian Head cents, mill and mining hardware, square nails, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1861-1924 quartz gold mine camp
John Hite's quartz mine on the South Fork Merced River, with a 40-stamp mill, hotel, store, garden and a Chinatown, home to over 100 people in the 1860s. It produced about $3 million, most before 1900, and the settlement buildings burned in 1924.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep canyon trail, mine tunnel, river
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