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Mercur cyanide-process gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: 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).
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Why this spot
1870-1880 Lewiston silver camp, 1890s-1913 gold camp
Began as the Lewiston gold and silver camp in 1870 with up to 2,000 people, emptied by 1880, then revived as Mercur where the cyanide gold process was first made to work in the US in 1891. Fire razed it in 1902, the mines closed by 1913 and only one building was left by 1916.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
reclaimed mine ground, old shafts
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