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Parkville Georgia Gulch gold camp and first Summit County seat
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
GoldAlso reported: percussion caps, Masonic items, square nails, mining tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1860-1866 placer gold camp
Gold camp in Georgia Gulch on the Swan River that grew to about 1,800 people, became the first Summit County seat in 1861 and had one of Colorado's earliest Masonic lodges; territorial gold tokens were struck there in 1861. It flourished until 1866.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
unstable waste rock, high altitude
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