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Horsetown Clear Creek gold-rush town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, buttons, bottles.
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
1851-1868 northern gold rush camp
Gold camp on Clear Creek near Reading's Bar that grew to about 2,000 people by 1856, with a church, Shasta County's first Wells Fargo and telegraph offices, and large ditch systems. The gold ran out by 1860 and a fire destroyed the town in 1868; it was never rebuilt.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
creek banks, old ditches and tailings
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