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Coober Pedy is a town in the arid interior of South Australia. It has developed a unique culture and appearance. Dominated by the earthworks of opal mining, many homes and businesses are underground to escape the extreme heat. The town is fiiled with unusual collections of mining history, junk, and props and sets from old movies.
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Gold was discovered in Gregory Gulch in 1859. Within one year, 10,000 people arrived in the area. Central City became known as "The richest square mile on earth". Today, Central City is an interesting mining town to explore. Much more historic than neighboring Blackhawk, which has been overrun with fancy casinos.
Rossland is a former mining town that was first platted in 1894. Located in the West Kootenay region of Southeast British Columbia, Rossland has a number of fine heritage buildings.
Silverton Museum is located in the old gaol buildings. Silverton was established in the 1880s after miners came to the region seeking silver. Lead and zinc was also found in the region. Most miners moved on to the larger centre of Broken Hill nearby and Silverton gradually dwindled towards becoming a ghost town. It has been maintained as a tourist destination. Located in far western New South Wales in Australia.
View of town from Boot Hill Cemetery
Virginia City was founded in 1863 when gold was discovered in Alder Gulch. By 1864 there were 10,000 people mining in the area. After the gold rush, the town quickly declined. Today, Virginia City is mostly a tourist town, with a year round population of around 200.
Oatman is a funky little tourist town, located in the rugged hills near Laughlin, Nevada. It was founded in the early 1900's and was a prosperous gold mining town. Route 66 went right through town. The mines closed, Route 66 was re-routed and Oatman became a Ghost Town. It's has recently be re-discovered, and it's main street today is clogged with tourists and wild burros.
This bridge is called the "Hospital Bridge" is located on the North end of town and hasn't been use for many years.
This town is great piece of Americana. It's way up in the mountains, very high elevation, miles from any other small mountain towns let alone civilization, Colorado's most isolated town. It is definitely a mining town. There are some mining ghost towns around as well. The growing season is 14 days. The buildings are very cool, awesome place. Population is 531, elevation is 9300ft/2835m with surrounding peaks of 13,000 and 14,000 ft. We took a swing through main street and stopped at the gas station to make sure we knew the right way. The guy in there looked pretty surprised to see me :)
The silver mining town of Pioche reached it's peak in the 1870's, when it had a population of about 6,000. Today around 1000 people live in town. It is a wonderful and historic frontier town to explore.
The silver mining town of Pioche reached it's peak in the 1870's, when it had a population of about 6,000. Today around 1000 people live in town. It is a wonderful and historic frontier town to explore.
The silver mining town of Pioche reached it's peak in the 1870's, when it had a population of about 6,000. Today around 1000 people live in town. It is a wonderful and historic frontier town to explore.
The Pioche Aerial Tramway operated in the 1920's and 1930's carrying ore from the mines on Treasure Hill to Godbe Mill.
The silver mining town of Pioche reached it's peak in the 1870's, when it had a population of about 6,000. Today around 1000 people live in town. It is a wonderful and historic frontier town to explore.
I absolutely love old trucks especially ones that still show a bit of their original paint color. Anyone know what kind of truck it is? This is one of my favorite vehicles I have ever photographed!
After a beautiful drive I reached my destination of Giltedge Montana. It's an abandoned mining town that contains amazing history--Calamity Jane liked to spend her time here!
"During 1900-1901 Gilt Edge was considered one of the best towns in the country. Gilt Edge reached its peak between 1908 and 1909. Calamity Jane, calling it her favorite, frequented Gilt Edge. On several occasions she spent time in their jail." -centralmt.com
For more information on this old mining town check out these very helpful links:
Terlingua is a "ghost Town" located just outside the west entrance to Big Bend National Park. It was founded in the 1880's as a mining town. Today it caters to tourists.
Pieces of scrap from the old mining days literaly are scattered over the mountain in this general area. Please check out this link for the history--> www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/mogollon.html
Bodie, California is an abandoned mining town. Once the second biggest city in California and long known as one of the roughest places in the country, Bodie is now a ghost town, quiet, only the voices of the tourists and the whisper of the wind remain. The buildings still standing are less than 5% of what was once here.
After a beautiful drive I reached my destination of Giltedge Montana. It's an abandoned mining town that contains amazing history--Calamity Jane liked to spend her time here! Above is one of the few homes still left intact in the old mining town. It looks as though it was a farm house and has a very unique barn as well. From the looks of the roof it won't last much longer.
Gold was discovered in Gregory Gulch in 1859. Within one year, 10,000 people arrived in the area. Central City became known as "The richest square mile on earth". Today, Central City is an interesting mining town to explore. Much more historic than neighboring Blackhawk, which has been overrun with fancy casinos.
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The Lavender Pit, an open-pit mine in Bisbee, Arizona. It's named not for its color but for Harrison Lavender, an original manager. The buildings in the upper left give some sense of its scale -- it's 900 feet (275 m) deep. It was mined from 1954 until 1974, yielding about 86 million tons of low-grade copper ore, as well as lesser amounts of gold, silver, and turquoise.