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Oregon
Auburn 1861 gold-rush boomtown
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
GoldAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, square nails, pan and pick fragments, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1861-1903 placer gold boomtown
Gold-rush town that by September 1862 had over 20 stores and 1,000 homes, the largest community in eastern Oregon and the first Baker County seat. It was largely deserted by the 1870s, with 200 people in 1873, and its post office closed in 1903.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
tailings, remote
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