Utah
Bingham Canyon (copper, gold and silver camp in a gulch)
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: Classic canyon-camp refuse: 1890s-1900s whiskey, mining-supply and patent-medicine glass, and steep gulch-side dumps below the packed frame buildings on the 1890 and 1898 sheets..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on A narrow ribbon town strung up Bingham Creek gulch in the Oquirrh Mountains
Long linear mining camp; the 1890 first edition documents the original gulch town, though open-pit expansion has erased large parts of it. Confirm what survives before planning any search.
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