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Dog Town eastern Sierra gold diggings
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1857-1900 first eastern Sierra placer camp
Placer camp on Dog Creek that saw the first gold rush on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, drawing Mormon miners by 1859 and leading prospectors on to Bodie, Aurora and Masonic. It was soon eclipsed by nearby Monoville.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
collapsing stone ruins, highway traffic
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