Colorado
Leadville CO dumps
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Coins and tokensAlso reported: Leadville drugstores, mining-camp whiskies, Hostetter's-class bitters..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
1879+ silver boom at 10,000 ft - squarely pre-1900
'The famous Leadville dump' has produced embossed local bottles: Arkansas Valley Smelting Co. (1879, 1882), A.R. Meyer ore-sample bottles.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Mine workings, altitude.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.