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Elko, NV

Humboldt River rail and ranching town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1870s-1900s saloon, drugstore.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Humboldt River

Multiple Sanborn sheets from the 1880s on show a built-out riverside rail town, a prime long-occupation bottle-era lead.

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