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Colorado
Primero CF&I coal company town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and Wheat cents, miners' lamp parts, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1901-1933 company coal town
Colorado Fuel and Iron coal town that grew to 175 buildings with two churches and a high school, mining coal for the Pueblo steel works. A 1910 explosion killed 75 miners, the town saw violence in the 1913 strike, and the post office closed in 1933.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings
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