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Vulcan Gunnison Gold Belt camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Morgan dollars, Indian Head cents, mining tools, 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).
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Why this spot
1894-1919 gold, silver and sulfur camp
Most productive camp of the Gunnison Gold Belt, which reached 500 people within a year of its 1894 gold strike and had its own newspaper. Labor disputes, litigation, sulfurous rock and fires ended gold mining by 1906, sulfur mining ran until 1919, and two people remained in 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine openings, unstable structures
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