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Auraria gold rush ghost village

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: tools, crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1832 Georgia gold rush boom village that lost the county seat to Dahlonega and dwindled to a crossroads; cabin sites and store ground dot private hillsides.

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