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Canyon City John Day gold camp
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The 1862 Canyon Creek strike drew thousands including a large Chinese community; creek margins and terraced backlots hold camp refuse.
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