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Pyramid City silver rush camp

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Seated Liberty and Trade dollars, Indian Head cents, cartridge cases.

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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1876-1889 silver rush camp

Silver camp south of Sutcliffe that grew to nearly 300 people in the 1876 rush, with a two-stamp mill, two saloons, a Chinese washhouse, a store, a boarding house and daily stages to Reno. It declined through the 1880s and its post office closed in 1889.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

mine workings, remote

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