Colorado
Central City, CO
Gregory Gulch gold camp
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: 1870s to 1890s saloon, brewery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Gregory Gulch, a tributary of North Clear Creek
One of Colorado's oldest camps, densely mapped by Sanborn and built right in the gulch, offering deep early-date refuse.
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