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Osceola hydraulic placer gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, 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).
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Why this spot
1872-1900 hydraulic placer camp
Placer gold camp discovered in 1872 and worked by hydraulic mining fed by the Osceola East and West ditches; it peaked at about 1,500 people. Water ran short, hydraulic mining stopped in 1900 with the population down to 100, and a 1940s fire burned much of the town.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
hydraulic pitsActive small mining claims
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