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Lulu City silver camp in the Kawuneeche Valley

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, mining tools, cartridge cases.

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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1879-1885 silver boom camp

Silver town built in 1880 by a land company after 1879 strikes, with forty cabins and several businesses by 1881. Low-grade ore and high transport costs doomed it and it was abandoned by 1885.View source →

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