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Leesburg Napias Creek placer camp
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: percussion caps and early cartridge cases, 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
1866-1870s placer rush, hydraulic mining to 1930s
Gold camp founded after an 1866 strike, named for Robert E. Lee by its largely Southern settlers, said to have reached 7,000 people including Chinese miners, with 100 businesses on a mile-long main street. Miners dug over 400 miles of ditches and the district produced nearly $16 million before 1938; 75 people remained in 1909.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remoteHigh elevation, ditches and mine workings
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