Bennington County Gold Locations

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Bennington County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site VT • Bennington County County
Description
The areas that have the most potential in Bennington County are; Furnace Brook near Bennington, the Green River, Wild Brook, Warm Brook near Arlington, Mill Brook near Rupert, the Dearfield River near Searsburg and the West Branch of the Batten Kill River near Manchaster.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: bennington_vt.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. The areas that have the most potential in Bennington County are; Furnace Brook near Bennington, the Green River, Wild Brook, Warm Brook near Arlington, Mill Brook near Rupert, the Dearfield River near Searsburg and the West Branch of the Batten Kill River near Manchaster.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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