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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.
GoldAlso 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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