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Alaska
Snettisham gold-mining harbor camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, miners' candle holders, bottles, cannery scrap.
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), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1895-1926 mining and cannery harbor village
Gold and silver mining camp founded around 1895 on Port Snettisham, later with a cannery and the first paper pulp shipped from Alaska in 1917. The post office ran from 1900 to 1912 and the village lasted until 1926.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote boat access, mine tunnels, bears
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