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West, Idaho
Gilmore ID
Lemhi Valley lead-silver ghost
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Coins and tokensAlso reported: with permission: hole-in-cap cans, embossed meds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Lead-silver town on the Gilmore & Pittsburgh RR, 600 souls at peak, emptied after a 1927 powerhouse explosion and the Crash
Documented ghost town (Atlas Obscura, RV Life); dozens of standing buildings and townsite debris fields
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open cellars and shaftsCollapsing structures, remote with no services
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.