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Rochester silver boom camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottles
Coins and tokensAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Buffalo nickels, wheat cents, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
1912-1940s silver boomtown
Three camps strung along Rochester Canyon that boomed after Joseph Nenzel's silver strike in 1912, topping 1,500 people with saloons, hotels and its own orchestra. The mine ran until 1942 and most people had left by 1951.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mine shafts, active mine, unstable ruins
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