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Challis mining-supply town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Supply town of 1876 for Yankee Fork and Bayhorse camps; gulch dumps and freight-yard ground edge the old grid.

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