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Paynes Find goldfield

Gold ground Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

1911 find on the Great Northern Highway with a battery that crushed ore into the 1980s

Documented in Murchison goldfield guides, battery preserved as museum.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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