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Maitland Garden City gold 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, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, 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
1877-1915 gold mining and chlorination camp
Gold camp founded in 1877 as Garden City, with chlorination works from 1882 to 1889 and about 50 houses and stores including a saloon, school and club. Renamed in 1902 for the Maitland Mine, it was mostly abandoned by 1915.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings, private homes
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