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Monte Cristo placer gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1855-1870s placer camp, later drift mining
One of the most productive camps near Downieville from 1855 to 1860, casting nearly a thousand votes in 1859, with a saloon, drug store, lawyer, doctor and butcher. A landslide and a fire hit it in 1859; placer work went on into the 1870s and the White Bear channel was worked for gravel gold in the 1900s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old tunnelsLandslide terrain, steep trails
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