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Oreana lead smelter town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Seated Liberty and Trade dollars, Indian Head cents, lead slag.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1865-1885 milling and smelting town
Milling town of the Montezuma Smelting Works, the first lead smelter in the US to ship lead commercially, treating ore from the Arabia and Trinity districts. It was once bigger than Lovelock but lost out when Lovelock got the Central Pacific station; its post office closed in 1883.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
smelter slag and contaminated soilRemote
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