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Comstock backlot privy district

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Comstock-boom whiskey.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1875 historic-map era

One of the richest Western privy-digging towns.

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