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West, Colorado

Cripple Creek CO

Late gold district

Old dump ground Inferred from historyRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: bitters.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Pikes Peak gold-district town

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open shaftsTailings, remote high-country ground
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