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Leadfield 1920s promotion boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, wheat cents, cans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1925-1927 lead mining stock-promotion town
Boomtown at the head of Titus Canyon built on C.C. Julian's fraudulent promotion of the Western Lead Mine, with posters showing steamboats on the dry Amargosa River. It reached about 300 people, mostly in tents, in 1926; the post office closed in February 1927 and the town died.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine shaftsFlash floods in Titus Canyon, remote
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