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Thomas coke ovens coal town

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: coke-oven relics, enamelware.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Davis Coal and Coke town whose oven banks lit the North Fork Blackwater canyon into the 1950s; ovens and camp refuse line the grade below town.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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