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Salmon, ID

Salmon River mining supply town

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880s to 1900s saloon.

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

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Salmon River at the Lemhi River

A 1901 Sanborn shows a built out supply town at the Salmon and Lemhi junction serving remote gold camps, so the river banks beside the old core are a strong bottle-era lead.

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