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Magdalena stock-driveway railhead

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: stock tags, saloon glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1902 historic-map era

End of the driveway that trailed cattle and sheep from the plains of San Agustin to the 1885 railhead, with lead mines in the hills; stockyard and town-fringe dumps are extensive.

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