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Bluffton iron boom town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, Liberty nickels, mining tools, electrical insulators, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1888-1934 iron mining boom town
Founded as a mining town in 1888, Bluffton held about 8,000 people by 1890, with the Signal Hotel, a newspaper, waterworks and the county's first power plant. The ore did not meet expectations, businesses failed, and the post office closed in 1934.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine pits
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