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Arkansas
Rush zinc district ghost town
Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: mining relics (observation only).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Buffalo River zinc boom camp peaking in WWI with mills, hotels and stores, empty by the 1960s; standing ruins line Rush Creek.
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