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Melmont Northern Pacific coal camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and Lincoln cents, miners' carbide and oil lamp parts, cartridge cases, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1900-1920 company coal town
Coal town founded in 1900 by a Northern Pacific subsidiary, with a school, depot, saloon, hotel and rows of miners' cottages grouped by nationality; the mine produced about 900,000 tons. Mining stopped by the early 1920s and a forest fire destroyed most of the town.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine openings, river
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