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South Dakota
Ragged Top cyanide-district gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso 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).
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Why this spot
1880s-1915 gold mining camp
Gold camp of the 1880s on Ragged Top Mountain, first called Balmoral, at the center of a district with about 300 to 400 people; one company produced 48,618 ounces of gold between 1899 and 1906. All mines stopped by about 1915 because ore was so hard to haul to smelters.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings
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