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Jelm (Cummins City) gold and copper camp
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, mining tools, cartridge cases, bottles.
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), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880-1886 gold camp, 1900s copper revival
Gold boomtown founded in 1880 as Cummins City on the Laramie River, with about 100 houses and a hotel by 1881 but little mining after 1886. It revived as Jelm during the 1900 copper boom and had 50 people in 1930.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
private ranch, river bottom
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