Colorado
Idaho Springs, CO
Clear Creek placer and lode town
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1870s to 1900s saloon, druggist.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Clear Creek
A very early Clear Creek camp mapped by Sanborn and pinched between road and river concentrates refuse in a narrow band.
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