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Ophir Innoko River gold camp

Ghost town Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
GoldGold
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Liberty and Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, cans and can keys, stove parts, bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1906-1950s placer gold camp

Gold-rush camp of 1906 on the west bank of the Innoko River that peaked at 122 people in 1910; dredges and other operations ran until about 1955. It is abandoned but serves as an Iditarod sled dog race checkpoint.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote fly-in only, active mining claims

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