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West, Wyoming
Miner's Delight WY
South Pass gold ghost
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: eyes-only: log cabins, rusted machinery, surface can scatter, period debris around the gulch.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1868 gold camp on the Sweetwater mining district, one of Wyoming's earliest settlements, now a BLM-preserved cabin cluster
BLM Lander Field Office manages the site with interpretive trail; standing cabins and scattered camp debris documented
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote dirt roads impassable when wetNo services, rattlesnakes in summer
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