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Hillsboro (Percha Creek)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: bitters.

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Percha Creek

Placer and lode gold camp; much of the old townsite is now private ranch and patented ground.

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