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Georgetown, CO

Clear Creek silver camp

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1870s to 1890s saloon, brewery, druggist.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Clear Creek (South Clear Creek)

An intact silver town straddling Clear Creek with strong Sanborn coverage promises undisturbed, tightly dated deposits.

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