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Mineral City Silver Creek mining camp

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also 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).

Why this spot

1873-1890s silver mining camp

Mining camp on Silver Creek, first settled as Silver City in 1873 and replatted as Mineral City in 1892 on the Anna quartz claim, with 2 hotels, 2 saloons and 2 stores at its peak. A mining company boarding house was a polling place in 1880.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

washed-out roadRugged terrain, old mine workings

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