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West, Utah
Frisco UT
Horn Silver kiln camp
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only: beehive kilns, headframes, cemetery, broad purple-glass and can scatter.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Why this spot
Wild 1880s silver camp of the Horn Silver Mine, 23 saloons at peak; five beehive charcoal kilns and cemetery survive in the West Desert
Documented townsite and NRHP-listed charcoal kilns; ruins, mining equipment and debris fields described by multiple guides
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Many open unfenced shaftsDangerous mine gases, no shade or water
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