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Mokelumne Hill southern mines camp
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: gambling pieces.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
One of the richest and roughest 1850s camps, with French and Chilean quarters; ravine dumps and stone-store backlots ring the mesa town.
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