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La Panza placer gold boom town
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, buttons, 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
1878-1900s placer gold rush town
Gold rush town that grew after placer gold was found in La Panza Canyon in 1878, producing over $100,000 in 1888, with a post office from 1879 to 1908. Small-scale mining went on into the early 1900s with another round in the 1930s and 1940s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, rattlesnakes
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