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Sego Book Cliffs coal camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head and wheat cents, Mercury dimes, carbide lamp parts, household items.
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
1908-1955 coal company town
A coal camp opened by Henry Ballard in 1908 and expanded by the American Fuel Company with a tipple, coal washer and its own rail spur; at its peak (1920-1947) it mined 800 tons a day. Losses, fires in 1949 and 1950 and the railroad's switch to diesel ended it by 1955.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
burning coal seam fireOpen mine shafts, unsafe trestles, flash floods
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