Taiwan, Taipei
Jiufen gold-rush hill town terraces
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Gold rush from the 1890s, expanded under Japanese rule into terraced mining settlements above the sea at Jiufen and Jinguashi; tips and house terraces mark the boom.
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