Idaho
Burke, ID
Canyon Creek silver mining canyon
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1890s to 1900s miner saloon.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Canyon Creek (Coeur d'Alene River tributary)
An 1892 Sanborn documents a famously cramped town built right over Canyon Creek in a mining canyon, so creek side discard from the silver boom is highly concentrated here.
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