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Placer Grave Creek gold-mining supply town
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 cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, 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
1885-1924 gold-mining supply camp
Supply town for the Tom East and Upper Grave Creek mines, platted in 1898, with two hotels, two mercantiles, three saloons and a newspaper in its heyday. It grew with the Columbia placer mine and the Greenback quartz mine; the post office closed in 1924.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings, poison oak
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