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Waiuta ghost town

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Also reported: eyes-only mine relics.

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

Why this spot

Blackwater mine settlement abandoned in 1951, the coast's best preserved gold ghost town

Documented heritage site managed for visitors.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, arsenic around old plant

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