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Victor, CO

City of Mines in the Cripple Creek district

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1890s to 1910s saloon, druggist.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1900s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Squaw Gulch and Wilson Creek, Cripple Creek drainage

A dense miners' town in a working gulch with Sanborn coverage offers heavy turn-of-century refuse in a compact area.

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