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Oliver Springs coal and spa town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Resort-hotel spring town that turned coal camp when the 1890s mines opened, scene of the Coal Creek war era; hotel and camp dumps sit in the hollows.

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