Custer County Gold Locations

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Custer County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site CO • Custer County County
Description
Custer County ranks seventh among Colorado's gold producing counties. It produced 107,300 ounces between 1872 and 1959, mostly as a by product of silver mining.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: custer_co.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. Custer County ranks seventh among Colorado's gold producing counties. It produced 107,300 ounces between 1872 and 1959, mostly as a by product of silver mining.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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