Silverton NSW: silver-boom ghost town

Where: Australia · Oceania · approx. -31.89, 141.22 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Silver-lead boom town of 3000 people in the 1880s-90s, emptied when Broken Hill's lode proved richer, municipal council dissolved 1907

What turns up: eyes-only: building ruins, gaol and hotel, surface scatter of purple glass and rusted ironwork around abandoned house sites

Access: Permission required.

The townsite is a heritage conservation area and surrounding ground is pastoral leasehold, NSW Heritage Act protects 50+ year relics, so detecting or digging needs landholder consent and is best kept to eyes-only around the ruins

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.