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Bossburg Columbia River silver-lead 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.
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
1890s-1910 lead and silver mining town
Mining town on the east bank of the Columbia just south of Canada, once called Young America, that peaked at 800 people in 1892 and produced lead and silver. A ferry and a sawmill failed to save it; the Bossburg Journal ran from 1893 to 1910.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river, old mine workings
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