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Cerro Colorado Heintzelman silver 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: Mexican reales, cartridge cases, mining tools, 1860s 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
1855-1911 silver mining camp
Founded around 1855 by Charles Poston's Sonora Exploring and Mining Company at the Heintzelman Mine. A cave-in killed fifteen miners in 1861, Apache threats grew after troops left for the Civil War, and the post office (opened 1879) closed in 1911.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
collapsed mine shafts, rattlesnakes
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