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Pueblo, CO

Arkansas River steel and smelter city

Riverbank 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: 1880s to 1910s 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 Arkansas River (and Fountain Creek)

A large early industrial city on the Arkansas with extensive Sanborn coverage offers deep, varied deposits across many old districts.

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