This now-deserted place, often regarded as the "biggest ghost town" in the United States, used to be a regional hub for copper, gold, silver, and zinc mining. The Gold King Mine and Ghost Town ...

Colorado was a large mining state. After the California Gold Rush, gold was found in the rivers and streams of Colorado from a technique called Placer mining. Mines were popping up all over the state.

Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s. A magnet for prospectors and adventurers, Bodie boasted over 10,000 ...

a ghost town situated roughly 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park. The restored former gold mining town boasts many original log structures along with a collection of antique music ...

Is there anything spookier that wandering around a town once bustling with ... But it wasn’t to last. The gold deposits ran dry and, with mining officially ending in 1942, people soon began ...

The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during the area's silver rush in the late 1800s. Check out Di Stefano's tour of Gold Point, NV, a ghost town ...