Nigeria, Plateau State
Jos plateau tin-mining camp belt
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Coins and tokensPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Tin rush on the Bauchi plateau from 1904 drew companies and a mining railway by 1914; paddock workings and camp tips ring Jos and Bukuru.
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