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Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in NV

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Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in NV

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Neat find before a controlled burn. With photo gallery! :)

Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in Nevada
There it was, abandoned for the ages, propped up against a juniper tree in far-eastern Nevada's Snake Mountains, a Winchester Model 1873 repeating rifle: the gun, as legend goes, that won the American West.

For archaeologist Eva Jensen, it's something much more — a mystery that continues to baffle the staff at Great Basin National Park: Who owned it? A luckless hunter or miner? Maybe an outlaw on the run?

And how on earth did it get there?
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