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Onion Valley gold rush supply camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1850s gold rush camp and ski-racing site
Gold rush camp and supply station at the foot of Pilot Peak that may have held 1,500 people in 1851 with six hotels, saloons and a bowling alley. It shrank to 120 settlers by 1853 and 23 by 1880, and is remembered for organized ski races held there from 1861.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
deep winter snow, mine workings, remote
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