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Sawtooth City Beaver Creek mining camp
Ghost town Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, mining tools, cartridge cases.
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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1878-1886 silver and gold mining camp
Mining camp founded after a mine opened on Beaver Creek in July 1878, part of a string of strikes spreading north through the Sawtooth Valley. It peaked between 1880 and 1886.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
burned timber, high elevation, remote
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