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Prescott Granite Creek territorial capital

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: bitters, gaming tokens.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Granite Creek

Territorial capital and placer gold center on the creek; the famous 1900 Whiskey Row fire created rich sealed burn layers, Sanborn from 1890.

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