Is it legal to collect at Crossley clay-mining town?

Restricted. The townsite is the Crossley Preserve, owned by the New Jersey Natural Lands Trust for conservation and endangered species protection; owner rules apply and digging should not be assumed allowed.

What can you find at Crossley clay-mining town?

Indian Head cents, Barber coins, narrow-gauge rail spikes, clay-working tools, brick and pipe fragments, buttons, bottles

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Crossley clay-mining town

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Nails and fittings

Buttons and buckles

Also reported: Indian Head cents, clay-working tools, brick and pipe fragments, 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

late 1800s-early 1900s clay mining town

Clay-mining town whose open pits fed terracotta pottery, brick and pipe making, with a narrow-gauge donkey railroad hauling clay to the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was active from the late 1800s into the early 1900s before the land passed through several owners.View source →