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Sulphur Frasch mining boomtown

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Frasch sulphur mining boomtown west of Lake Charles; rapid 1890s-1910s company and town growth.

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