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Cerro Gordo, CA(en)USA / California / Keeler town, cerro, gordo, ghost, interesting placeFirst discovered by Mexican prospectors in 1865, nothing much happened until a Mexican miner showed some silver ore to some mining people in Virginia City. That was all that was needed. An engineer named Mortimer Belshaw took over a mine
Owenyo (ruins)(en)USA / California / Lone_Pine interesting place, ghost townOwenyo was originally established around 1900 as a small Quaker farming community and shipping station. A post office was established on March 20, 1902, and after two moves was discontinued on November 30, 1905. In 1905 the Quakers sold out,
Masonic, CA (ruins)(en)USA / Nevada / Hawthorne ghost townThe Masonic District was first founded by miners in 1860, but because of the excitement over in Aurora and Bodie, operations were sporadic and on a small scale until about 1902 when the Pittsburg-Liberty Mine opened. By 1907 a 10-stamp
Calico Ghost Town Regional Park(en)USA / California / Barstow park, ghost town, historic landmarkDuring the late 1800's the town of Calico was busting with prospectors searching for its mineral riches. Silver was king here and the Calico Mining District became one of the richest in the state. Born in March 1881, Calico could
Borate, CA (site)(en)USA / California / Barstow mining, ghost townBorax mining in the United States started with the production of borax from Borax lake in Tehama County in 1864. The discovery of cotton ball ulexite in the playa of Teel’s Marsh by Frances Marion (Borax) Smith in 1872 ushered
Tin Can Alley(en)USA / California / Barstow town, street, mining, tin, ghostNamed after a dump where miners left their trash. All that remains is the rusted out pile of tin cans, hence the name.
Laddsville (site)(en)USA / California / Livermore (Livermore)ghost townIn the spring of 1864 a wagon load of lumber appeared in the eastern end of the Livermore Valley. It belonged to one Alphonso Ladd and was intended for a frame house. Ladd had pre-empted a 160 acre parcel of
Tesla Coal Mine (Corral Hollow)(en)USA / California / Livermore ghost town, coal mineAt the head of Corral Hollow Canyon, 12 miles southeast of Livermore, once stood the coal mining town of Tesla. It's hard to believe that this pastoral scene once supported over 200 buildings and 1500 inhabitants. The large mine tailings
Nortonville (site)(en)USA / California / Clayton ghost townNortonville was founded by Noah Norton in 1855. Here you'll see the remnants of this once thriving mining community, which had its own railroad link to Pittsburg. On July 24, 1876, the Black Diamond Mine exploded, killing six miners. This,
Stewartville (site)(en)USA / California / Antioch ghost townSite of a coal mining town in the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve.
West Hartley (site)(en)USA / California / Antioch ghost townOne of the coal mining towns of Black Diamond Mines Regional Park. West Hartley was served by the Empire Railroad from 1877 until 1897, transporting coal to the foot of F Street in Antioch.
North Hibbing (Ghost Town)(en)USA / Minnesota / Hibbing ghost townOriginally, Hibbing was located just north of its current location. In about 1920, to make room for iron mining operations, The Oliver Mining Company negotiated with the village of Hibbing to relocate the entire town two miles south. The Greyhound
Ryan, CA(en)USA / California / Furnace_Creek camp, mine, ghost townBy 1900 the Pacific Coast Borax Company realized that their mine in Borate would soon be exhausted, and started looking for new ore bodies in the Death Valley region. In 1903 they began development of the Lila C. Mine, where
Mentone, Texas(en)USA / Texas / Pecos historic, community, ghost townGhost town, county seat for Loving County, TX., which, with approximately 70 residents, has the dubious distinction of being the most sparsely populated county in the United States. Population estimated 15.
Bullfrog, NV (site)(en)USA / Nevada / Beatty ghost townThe initial discoveries that resulted in the towns Bullfrog and Rhyolite occurred on August 4, 1904. The entire tent town of Amargosa City, which was located near the original Bullfrog mine, moved to the Bullfrog townsite in March 1905. In
Original (site)(en)USA / Nevada / Beatty ghost townOriginal, first called Amargosa, was a small settlement located near the original Bullfrog mine. A separate tent camp located on the flat below the mine also formed and was named Amargosa. Bullfrog, located half a mile below Amargosa, sprang up
Carrara, NV (site)(en)USA / Nevada / Beatty ghost townThe economy of Carrara was based upon a large marble quarry, in the hills east of the townsite. Marble deposits were first located in 1904. The townsite was laid out during 1911-1913 by the American Carrara Mable Company. The townsite
Lee, CA (site)(en)USA / California / Furnace_Creek canyon-gorge, town, lee, echo, ghostThe wild Bullfrog in 1904 rush caused much prospecting to occur throughout southern Nevada and the Death Valley region of California. That year, brothers Richard and Gus Lee decided to try prospecting, leaving their ranch at Resting Spring. In November,
Lee Addition (site)(en)USA / California / Furnace_Creek town, lee, ghostOn April 19th, "one of the largest townsite and mining property transactions yet consummated in the history of southern Nevada trading was made, when the L, P. McGarry Brokerage Company of Rhyolite, which we have already met as the operators
Telluride, NV (site)(en)USA / Nevada / Beatty mining, ghost townThe camp was named Telluride because of the colorful tellurium found in the ore. Telluride was formed around the same time as was nearby Fluorine and for a while the two camps were rivals. The camp last appeared on maps
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