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The following is a list of ghost towns in Idaho.A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains.A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions or uncontrolled lawlessness.
The Silver City Historic District is a historically significant mining area in northwestern Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. [1] It includes the abandoned town of Silver City and numerous nearby towns, mines, and mining remains, covering approximately 16 square miles (41 km 2).
Small-scale mining continued off and on until World War II; the last mine to be operated all year round in Silver City was the "Potossi," managed by Ned Williams. By the 1940s, there was only one permanent resident, Willie Hawes (1876–1968), who was born in town and was its mayor, police chief, fire chief, postman, etc. [ 3 ]
"The mining companies aren't there anymore," Josh Johnson of the Idaho Conservation League told the local news station KTVB7 in November. "Either it is just so long ago that those companies don't ...
The crew (along with two horses) entered the mine opening near the bank of Placer Creek just as the fire engulfed the area. [2] [3] [5] The mine was actually a short prospecting tunnel that had been abandoned because no ore was found there. The mine opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) high and 5 feet (1.5 m) wide.
Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical: Shoshone: The Coeur d'Alene River basin contains millions of tons of mine tailings, waste rock and ore concentrates. Soil, sediments, groundwater and surface water are contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium, lead and zinc from former mining and smelting operations. [12] [13] 12/30/1982: 09/08/1983
In its early years, Burke was home to the Hercules silver mine, [2] the owners of which were implicated in the Idaho mining wars of 1899. [3] Both the Hecla and Star mines also operated out of Burke, [ 2 ] and the town was a significant site during the 1892 Coeur d'Alene labor strike .
That was the name the town had when the Washington territorial legislature made it the seat of Idaho County on December 20, 1861. [11] By the time winter took hold, the camp reportedly held nearly two thousand men. [12] [13] Unfortunately, the winter of 1861–1862 "proved to be one of the coldest in the history of Idaho." No one knows how many ...