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Mercuryville quicksilver rush town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Seated Liberty and Trade dollars, Indian Head cents, retort and furnace parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1870s mercury rush town
Quicksilver camp in the Mayacamas Mountains founded in 1874 during a short mercury rush, with eight bars known for fights and one church. Most mines were abandoned when the ore price dropped, and by 1963 only two people and a gas station remained, which closed by the mid-1960s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
geothermal vents and hot groundMercury mine waste
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