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Post office: 1907–1912. Site of flash flood that killed at least eight and destroyed most of the town. [3] Metropolis: Elko: 1909: Midas: Gold Circle: Elko: 1908: 1942: The camp was first called Gold Circle, but when the post office was established in 1907, officials decided that Nevada had too many towns with "gold" in their names, and the ...
Bairoil, Wyoming became a company town supported by Amoco; Jeffrey City, Wyoming was built in 1957 to house employees of nearby Western Nuclear uranium mining and milling operations. Other uranium mining companies built housing adjacent to the town to take advantage of its location and infrastructure. The townsite was sold off in an auction in ...
A gold mining town 4 miles east of Takilma in the Illinois River Valley. [12] Alma: 1880s Unknown Lane: A It was the location of a work camp for the county Department of Corrections in Lane County until 2008. [13] Andrews: 1880 1996 Harney: C When it burned down in 1996, the community became a ghost town. [14] Anlauf: 1901 1946 Douglas: D ...
This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States. Most ghost towns in Arizona are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those not set up as mining camps often became mills or supply points supporting nearby mining operations. [1]
In 1902, that camp became Bisbee, Arizona, a quintessential old west mining town. Today, Wild West enthusiasts can take guided walking tours throughout Bisbee, where there were once bustling ...
Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, largely due to the devaluation of silver in 1893. Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed. Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation. Coal towns were abandoned when the coal (or the need for it) ran out.
Old Molson. Okanogan County has another mining boom town that serves as an open-air museum: ... One last mining town for the list, Bodie in Okanogan County was established around the late 1880s ...
A small town part of Broughten Lumber Company. Lester: King: 1891 or 1892 About 1984 Demolished/barren Levey Franklin: Liberty [1] [5] Kittitas: 1873 After 1960 Historic Abandoned gold mining town associated with an 1873 gold rush. Liberty Bond: Klickitat: Between Appleton and Glenwood Around 1930s A former logging camp and town Lindberg: Lewis