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San Diego 1880s boom corridor (East County)

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: [doc] SD embossed beers, boom-era pharmacies.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s land-boom city + stage/rail corridor

Club digging documented since the early 1960s; specific dug contexts named.

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