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Ivanpah Clark Mountain silver camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Trade dollars, Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, bottles.
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), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1869-1890s silver mining trade center
Silver camp laid out by the Piute Company at Willow Spring below Clark Mountain, which by 1871 had fifteen adobe buildings and by 1879 two hotels, two saloons, stores and stamp mills serving the Alaska Hill mines. Falling ore values and the pull of Calico and Providence drained it, and the post office moved to Valley Wells in 1899.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine workingsUnstable adobe ruins, remote
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