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Mexico, San Luis Potosí

Real de Catorce ghost-town dumps

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Colonial and Porfiriato glass sealed by abandonment - a true time capsule if permissions line up..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1770-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

2,700 m altitude
open shafts everywhere.

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