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Shan State
Bawdwin mines
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: galena, sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Ancient Chinese silver diggings become one of the world's great Pb-Zn-Ag mines under Herbert Hoover's era
Extensively documented in mining history and ore geology.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
armed conflict
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