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Arizona
Gila City placer gold rush camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Mexican reales, buttons, 1850s bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1858-1865 Arizona's first gold rush
A boom camp from Arizona's first major gold rush in 1858, with a Butterfield stage station a mile east; about 100 men and several families were working the gravels in 1859. The Great Flood of 1862 destroyed the town and most miners left for La Paz.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
extreme heat, flash floods
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