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Pinal City Silver King mill town
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: cartridge cases, mill parts, 1880s bottles.
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), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1870s-1891 silver mill town
A silver boomtown at the foot of Picket Post Mountain that reached about 2,000 people by 1878 and processed ore hauled from the Silver King Mine. When the mine played out the post office closed in 1891 and the town was deserted.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat, rattlesnakes
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