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Angels Camp southern mines town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: stamp-mill parts.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Placer then deep quartz mines ran here from 1848 into the 1900s, the town of Twain's jumping frog; creek margins and backlot dumps span both eras.

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