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Jeffrey City is a former uranium mining boomtown located in Fremont County, in the central part of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The town is known in Wyoming and the American West as symbol of a boomtown that went "bust" very quickly, as the mine was shut down in 1982 and over 95% of the inhabitants left the town within three years. [4]
The Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District, also known as Old Jelm and Cummins City, comprises an area of bottomland on the Laramie River near Woods Landing, Wyoming where the mining boomtown of Cummins City, Wyoming was established in 1880. Gold had been discovered in the nearby mountains and the town was established by W.S. "Buck" Bramel ...
Cody, Wyoming. As its name suggests, Cody was founded by "Buffalo Bill" Cody himself. ... In 1902, that camp became Bisbee, Arizona, a quintessential old west mining town. Today, Wild West ...
Abandoned housing in Jeffrey City, Wyoming in 2011 Moab uranium mill tailings pile in 2010 Partially refined Yellowcake uranium oxide. A yellowcake boomtown also known as a uranium boomtown, is a town or community that rapidly increases in population and economics due to the discovery of uranium ore-bearing minerals, and the development of uranium mining, milling or enrichment activities.
Cambria (1889–1928) is a ghost town located in the Black Hills of Weston County, Wyoming, United States. It was a successful coal mining town for decades. It was a successful coal mining town for decades.
There are still remains of the old coal mining towns outside of Rock Springs. On June 10, 1892, Rock Springs National Bank opened on 515 S Main St, across from the Union Pacific depot. The original sandstone building was designed by Mayor H.H. Edgar who chose an Italianate style.
A P&H 4100 shovel loads coal into a haul truck at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine.. Coal mining in Wyoming has long been a significant part of the state's economy. Wyoming has been the largest producer of coal in the United States since 1986, [1] and in 2018, coal mines employed approximately 1% of the state's population. [2]