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Charleston Bruneau River gold camp
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
GoldAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, 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), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1876-1930s gold placer camp with revivals
Gold camp on Seventy-Six Creek and the Bruneau River with a hotel, saloons, schools, stores and an icehouse; most mining stopped by 1884. It revived in 1905 with a five-stamp mill and again from 1932 to 1937, and had 60 people in 1940.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
abandoned mines, remote, winter snow
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