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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 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.
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).
Swett gained fame for being "For Sale" back in 2014, with a listing price of $399,000. ... Idaho. Population: 3 . If you ... the sign says 1 – but it was once home to a bustling mining community ...
Here are six abandoned historic homes for sale that you can buy right now. Located in the quaint town of Milton, North Carolina, the Gordon-Brandon House was possibly built circa 1850 by a local ...
Burke Canyon is the canyon of the Burke-Canyon Creek, which runs through the northernmost part of Shoshone County, Idaho, U.S., within the northeastern Silver Valley.A hotbed for mining in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Burke Canyon now contains several ghost towns and remnants of former communities along Idaho State Highway 4, which runs northeast through the narrow canyon to ...
The Australian owner of a cobalt mine in Central Idaho plans more extensive study of cobalt at a remote site in the Salmon River Mountains, and the potential for a cobalt refinery, after securing ...
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 ]