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West, Nevada

Delamar NV

Widowmaker gold camp

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Also reported: eyes-only: stone building shells, mill foundations, purple glass and can scatter across the dumps.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

1890s gold producer nicknamed The Widowmaker for its silica-dust mills, stone ruins and mill terraces on BLM desert

Extensive stone ruins and camp debris documented by Forgotten Nevada and Nevada Expeditions site surveys

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

16 miles of rough dirt roadOpen shafts, no water or cell service, summer heat

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