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Potosi Mine a Breton lead town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1910 historic-map era

Washington County seat at the old Mine a Breton lead diggings, settled 1763 and expanded by Moses Austin; town and works refuse.

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