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South Dakota
Carbonate silver-lead boomtown
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
1881-1904 silver-lead mining town
Silver and lead camp founded in 1881 that boomed again from 1885 with the Iron Hill Mine, reaching an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 residents with a three-story hotel, saloons and gambling halls. Falling silver prices closed most mines by 1904 and the last resident died in 1939.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open mine shafts, headframe
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