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A 150-Year-Old Bottle Unearthed in a Utah Ghost Town Was Taste-Tested by Experts
A construction project in Alta revealed thousands of artifacts, including a 150-year-old corked bottle whose vintage spirit was sampled and analyzed by archaeologists and a distillery.
- A still-full 150-year-old bottle was unearthed in the Utah ghost town, and experts suspect it dates from the late 19th century.
- What began as construction work in Alta became a full excavation, yielding thousands of artifacts including a leather mining hat, bullets, shot glasses, and a 16-pound dumbbell, per the Utah State Historic Preservation Office.
- Using a needle to pierce the cork, researchers extracted a sample, describing it as having `a little bit of vinegar to it` but still holding up after 150 years underground.
- Preliminary analysis suggests the contents resemble sherry or beer, and experts plan laboratory and composition tests to confirm the bottle's age and composition.
- The find drew national attention from CNN, and researchers described sampling the liquid as a `taste of the past`.
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