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Red Dog hydraulic-mining gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, miners' tools, buttons, hydraulic pipe and nozzle fragments, 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
1850-1870s gold rush and hydraulic mining town
Gold camp on Greenhorn ridge that grew to about 2,000 people, with hotels, three saloons, stores, lodges and stamp mills; Mark Twain lectured here in 1866. Fires and the 1867-68 rains that wrecked its ditches drove people out, and many buildings were moved to nearby You Bet.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
hydraulic-mining pits and ditches
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