Silver Mines Recreation Area, Fredericktown

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and minerals

Coins and tokens

Also reported: wolframite traces.

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

St. Francois Mountains granite gorge with old tungsten-silver mine dumps along the river

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.