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Greenwater copper boom camp
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, tin cans.
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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1904-1909 copper boomtown
Copper boomtown in the Funeral Mountains above Death Valley that absorbed the nearby tent camps of Kunze and Furnace, with a post office from 1906 to 1908. The copper mines collapsed by 1909 without ever turning a profit and everyone left.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, extreme heat, mine workings
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