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Silver Islet mine shore settlement

Lake shore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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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