Utah
Tooele (Settlement Canyon Creek, Oquirrh mining and smelter district)
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: saloon and beer glass, smelter- and mine-supply debris, and canyon-creek and back-lot dumps behind the blocks on the 1910 and 1911 sheets, with older material possible on nearby ranch and mine sites..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1910s+ Sanborn-mapped town on At the mouth of Settlement Canyon on its creek, at the foot of the Oquirrh Mountains near the Bingham and Ophir mining and smelter district
County seat and smelter center in a strong mining district; confirmed Sanborn coverage begins 1910, so the town-map deposits are early twentieth century, but the district's older camps lie nearby.
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