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Silver Islet mine shore settlement
Lake shore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Shore camp for the famous 1870s offshore silver mine on Lake Superior; the store and miners' houses survive as private cottages.
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