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Tigerville stage-stop gold 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
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, horseshoes, cartridge cases, 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).

Why this spot

1878-1885 placer gold camp and stage stop

Gold camp founded in 1878 near the King Solomon Mine with a post office, two stores, three saloons, a school and a stage barn on the Cheyenne-Custer-Deadwood line. It reached about 500 people before the mines closed in 1885.View source →

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