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Philipsburg, MT

Silver-mining town on Flint Creek

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles
Flint and stone toolsFlint and stone tools

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Flint Creek

Sanborn coverage marks a built-out silver camp on Flint Creek, and mining-camp saloon trade left dense bottle-era glass by the water.

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