Is it legal to collect at Manganese Cuyuna Range mining village?

Permission required. The former townsite is privately owned, gated and posted no trespassing, with part redeveloped since 2017 as the Manganese Base Camp campground; landowner consent is required.

What can you find at Manganese Cuyuna Range mining village?

Barber and Mercury dimes, Lincoln and Indian Head cents, mining company tokens, carbide lamp parts, cartridge cases, clothing buttons, square and wire nails, stove parts, bottles

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Manganese Cuyuna Range mining village

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Buttons and buckles

Nails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Lincoln and Indian Head cents, carbide lamp parts, cartridge cases, stove parts, bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1912-1960 iron and manganese mining village

Incorporated mining village on the Cuyuna Iron Range that peaked near 600 people around 1919 with two hotels, a bank, stores and a school. Mines closed after World War I and the 1924 Milford mine flood, and the village was abandoned by 1960 and dissolved in 1961.View source →