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Barron Slate Creek gold-rush camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, bottles, stamp-mill parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1891-1907 high-Cascades gold camp
Boomtown that followed Alex Barron's 1891 gold strike on Slate Creek, reaching about 2,500 people between 1897 and 1899 with hotels, saloons, a school and a power plant. Many miners left for the Klondike in 1899; the town was nearly empty by 1907 and the post office closed in 1910.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote high-mountain roadOld mine workings, snow
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