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Keystone McDowell coalfield boom district

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1910 historic-map era

McDowell County coalfield town on Elkhorn Creek with a notorious 1900s boom district. Dense refuse.

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