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Iditarod river-port gold-rush town

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Liberty and Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, cans and can keys, stove parts, 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).

Why this spot

1910-1930 gold-rush river port

Head-of-navigation boomtown founded in 1910 to supply the Iditarod gold fields, with hotels, cafes, brothels, three newspapers, a bank, electricity, telephones and a light railway to Flat. By 1920 only 50 residents remained and by 1930 the miners had moved to Flat, taking many buildings with them.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote fly-in only, ruins

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