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Jawbone Flats Opal Creek mining camp
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Mercury dimes, Lincoln cents, Buffalo nickels, tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1931-1950s base-metal mining camp
Mining camp built in 1931 by the Amalgamated Mining Company to process lead, zinc, copper and silver in a district where gold was found in 1859. It dwindled in the 1950s; in 1992 the Shiny Rock Mining Company gave the site to the nonprofit Friends of Opal Creek.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
fire-killed trees, remote trail access
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