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The ghost town of Cerro Gordo was purchased for 1.4 million dollars in June 2018 with the intent to turn it into a tourist attraction, accessed by special permission. At that time, it had several vintage buildings, including the general store [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and 336 acres (136 ha). [ 6 ]
The Cerro Gordo mines were the most extensive with more than 30 miles (160,000 ft; 48 km) of underground tunnels in the Cerro Gordo Mining District. [ 8 ] The ghost town of Cerro Gordo was purchased in June 2018 with the intent to turn it into a tourist attraction, accessed by special permission.
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The devastating fires raging across much of Southern California have caused extreme damage, leveling some of Los Angeles' historic landmarks. Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires ...
The Eaton Fire ignited Tuesday night near a canyon in the sprawling national forest lands north of downtown Los Angeles and had exploded to 14,117 acres by Friday night and was 3%, according to ...
In July 2018, Underwood purchased the former mining town of Cerro Gordo alongside the Cerro Gordo Mines for $1.4 million. [26] [27] The purchase included over 360 acres and 22 structures. [28] Underwood stated plans to develop the town into an artist destination for tourists and group events, while maintaining the historic nature of the ...
A town was laid out by the company agent Julius M. Keeler, for whom the town of Hawley was later renamed. The steamship Bessie Brady brought ore from Keeler across the lake to the town of Cartago. There was a 300-foot wharf (91 m) at Keeler, and the steamship route cut days off the time a freight wagon would have taken to circle the lake.
Lila C mine 1910. The settlement was connected by rail to the Lila C mine, which produced Colemanite for the Pacific Coast Borax Company, from which it got its name. [2] The property was named by its owner William Tell Coleman, for his daughter, Lila C. Coleman. [2]