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Nevada
Palmetto silver camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, 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
1866 silver camp with 1906 and 1920 revivals
Silver camp founded in 1866 and named by miners who mistook the local Joshua trees for palmettos; its 12-stamp mill never had enough ore and the camp was abandoned a year later. A 1906 revival put up over 200 tents and a commercial street but died that autumn, and a final revival came in 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable ruins, mine workings, remote
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