Buffalo — Johnson County

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Buffalo — Johnson County

Gold Mining Site WY • Johnson County County
Description
Southwest of Buffalo at the head of Kelly Creek, is the Kelly Creek Mine, Millsite and placer gold location. This area has basal sandstone of the Deadwood Formation, so a geology map of the Deadwood Formation may show more possible gold locations. West of Buffalo 17 miles in section 15 T49N R83W, is the Roe Brothers Copper Mine. The assays at this mine showed a small amount of gold with the copper.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: johnson_wy.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Buffalo. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Southwest of Buffalo at the head of Kelly Creek, is the Kelly Creek Mine, Millsite and placer gold location. This area has basal sandstone of the Deadwood Formation, so a geology map of the Deadwood Formation may show more possible gold locations. West of Buffalo 17 miles in section 15 T49N R83W, is the Roe Brothers Copper Mine. The assays at this mine showed a small amount of gold with the copper.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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