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Cabell City La Bellevue mine camp

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also 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).

Why this spot

1880s hard-rock mine camp

Small camp founded in the 1880s by Fred and John Cabell, who ran the La Bellevue Mine; it never had a post office and was never a real city.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old mine workings, unstable buildings

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