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Rio Tinto copper boom town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury dimes, Buffalo and Jefferson nickels, Walking Liberty halves, toys, cans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1932-1948 copper mining town
One of the last mining boom towns, built after Franklyn Hunt struck copper in 1932 near Mountain City after years of predicting it. It kept working through World War II, but falling copper prices made the mine unprofitable and all operations stopped in 1948, when the post office closed.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine workings, remote, winter snow
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