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Site WatchSite Name: Tosawihi Quarry Alternative Name: 26Ek3032Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 110.467 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The West Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Elko NV Nearest Village: Carlin, NV
Latitude: 40.720000N Longitude: 116.1W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Elko County, Nevada.Prehistoric quarry pits, ledges of exposed opalite, hundreds of lithic reduction scatters, and fields of biface reduction debris litter the ground for several thousand acres.
Quarrying is estimated to have started 10,000 years ago. Hearths and other domestic structures are also found here.
The site is considered sacred by the Western Shoshone.
The majority of the site is administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District.
The location given is for Carlin, the nearest village.
Note: "If someone disregards requirements, they will no longer work for us." Mine vows better protection, settlement pays $1.5 million. See comment.
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