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Beveridge Inyo Mountains gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, mining tools, cartridge cases.
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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1878-1910s remote gold mining camp
Gold camp in Beveridge Canyon on the east slope of the Inyo Mountains, organized as a mining district in 1878 after a gold find the year before. It held a post office only in 1881 to 1882 but mining went on into the 1910s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
very remote, steep canyon, mine workings
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