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Cardiff coal mining 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, miners' lamp parts, coal-mining tools, beer and soda 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
1899-1912 coal mining town
Coal town founded in 1899 around the Cardiff Coal Company shaft, which by 1903 hoisted 1,200 to 1,600 tons a day and supported over 2,000 people and saloons including a Schlitz-built hall. A string of mine explosions in March 1903 killed nine men, and the mine's closure in 1912 ended the town.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
filled mine shafts, slag pile
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