Nevada
Elko, NV
Humboldt River rail and ranching town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso 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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