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Silver City dumps, Owyhee County

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

High-grade silver ghost town of the 1860s with dumps scattered over War Eagle Mountain

Well documented Owyhee district in mining and collector literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, rough mountain road

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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