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[cubbymahoney]

I found this about a year ago and cannot find any information about it. It says Sommer camp on one side and Good for 12 1/2 trade on the other side. It is about the size of a quarter and appears to be made of copper? Can anyone give me more information on this?

It was found in Eastern Oregon--Ontario

Thanks.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Looks like the first letter is actually a "C" or a "G"; and there may even be a letter before that.

 

[Fast_Dave]

http://ednapurviance.org/silvercity/silvercityidaho.html

It looks like there was a Sommercamp Saloon near the city of Silver City Idaho(which is now a living ghost town). the above link should take you to the site, but I've included the pertinent text below in case it doesn't work( I have terrible luck with links)
Old Saloon?
Silver City, Idaho

This location was the Sommercamp Saloon for many years, and later served as a candy store and apartment house. It was the Caldwell Drug Store when the 1907 Christmas fire destroyed most of the building.

It was rebuilt as a furniture store in 1908. It last served as a fresh produce store before becoming a private residence. A spring runs under the lower building which made it ideal for produce.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Nice eight scalloped token!

 

[cubbymahoney]

Dave--Thanks!

Keep it coming, all!

 

[Fast_Dave]

Found another blurb on the Sommercamp Saloon in an article about the citizens of Silver City trying to preserve their town

"Next door is Deadman’s Alley, where mining magnate W.H. Dewey emerged from the adjacent Sommercamp Saloon one August night in 1884 and shot bartender Joseph Koenig in a duel. Dewey had made “uncomplimentary references” to the bartender’s German heritage, according to early accounts"

This might add a clue as to when the Saloon was in business. Other Yahoo hits show there was a Sommerlot Mine and a Sommerlot Pit. Another states that one of the two breweries in Silver City was taken over in the 1870's by W.F. Sommerlot ( a Prussein).