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Waldo Sailor's Diggings gold camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Gold
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, square nails, mining tools, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1852-1928 placer gold camp
Gold camp settled in 1852 as Sailor's Diggings and later named for a California governor candidate, because residents thought they were in California. It was the first Josephine County seat; the post office ran from 1856 to 1928.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old placer pits
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