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Chinese Camp backlots

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

GoldGold
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1870 historic-map era

Once-large Chinese gold-mining town in the Mother Lode.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Chinese Camp (semi-abandoned 1849 town)1 km away · Old dump ground
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Jamestown10 km away · Old dump ground
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Gold Prospecting Adventures, Jamestown CA10 km away · Gold ground
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Sonora13 km away · Old dump ground
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