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Pioneer Bullfrog Hills gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head and wheat cents, cartridge cases, cans, 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
1908-1931 Bullfrog district gold camp
Gold camp near the Mayflower mine in the northern Bullfrog Hills that peaked at about 2,500 people in 1908. A 1909 fire, mine litigation and the failure of the Rhyolite bank stalled it, and the post office closed in 1931.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine shafts, remote, heat
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