GHOST TOWN INDEX

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CALIFORNIA GHOST TOWNS

ASHFORD MINE A picturesque mining camp in Death Valley BALLARAT A ghost town just outside the southern end of Death Valley. BARKER RANCH An abandoned ranch and former Manson family hideout BB MINE A near pristine mining camp BELFORT One heck of an off road trip to a gorgeous ghost town BENNETVILLE Located just outside of Yosemite National Park BENTON An adorable semi-ghost town BETTY JUMBO MINE A fun off road trail to two cool mines BLOODY CANYON/ LAUREL LAKES Another off road adventure to a killer mine BLUE JASMINE MILL A beautiful old mill BODIE CALIFORNIA'S BEST GHOST TOWN! BRANDY CITY A beautiful and scenic hydrolic mining town THE CARDINAL MINE A great mine with extensive ruins CERRO GORDO Inyo County's BEST ghost town THE CHAMPION SPARK PLUG MINE Our local favorite CHINESE CAMP A picturesque California gold rush town CHLORIDE CITY AND CHLORIDE CLIFF A Death Valley site THE CHEMUNG MINE Is this place haunted? CLAIR CAMP A mining camp in the Panamint mountains COLUMBIA STATE HISTORIC PARK Sort of touristy but worth a stop COYOTE MOUNTAIN/ SALTY PETERSON'S MINE Another off road adventure to killer views and a mine DARWIN A semi-ghost in between Cerro Gordo and Death Valley DON ALVADORE MINE A beautiful hike to a mine with an ore cart DOWNIEVILLE A beautiful gold rush town with exciting history DUNDERBERG MILL AND CABINS The oldest mill in the area and three 100 year old cabins. EAST SENTRY MINE A cool mine and camp EMPIRE MINE The oldest, largest and richest gold mine in California. FORT INDEPENDENCE The first settlement in the Owens Valley GOLDBELT A small mining camp in Death Valley GOLDEN GATE MINE A very cool old 10 stamp mill and cabins THE GOLDEN SIREN MINE Located high in the White Mountains GREENWATER Located in Death Valley National Park HANGING VALLEY MINE A 4 mile hike to a gorgeous mining camp HORNITOS A former rowdy gold rush town on the 49er trail ILLEGAL ALIEN MINE A mine with no green card INDIAN MINE A picturesque mill in a beautiful canyon in Death Valley INYO MINE One of Death Valley's best JAIL CANYON A neat mining camp just inside of Death Valley National Park JORDAN TOWNSITE AND CEMETARY All thats left of a town destroyed by an avalanche in 1911. THE KEANE WONDER MINE One of Death Valley's ghost towns THE KENTUCK & TIGER MINES One hell of a hike to an extremely cool mine! THE KENTUCKY MILL A 100+ year old 10 stamp mill in working condition! LA TRINIDAD A "Lewis death hike" to a killer mill LOG CABIN MINE A fascinating site with an almost completly intact mill LOOKOUT CITY A ghost town with killer views LOST BURRO MINE A mining camp in Death Valley THE MAY LUNDY MINE A gorgeous spot for a great mine with extensive ruins THE MAMMOTH CONSOLIDATED MINE Our local historic spot MAMMOTH CITY The original site of Mammoth MASONIC A killer little ghost town with more than meets the eye! MERCURY MINE A small one man mine operation METRO MINE A mine and camp in Saline Valley MIDNIGHT MINE A KILLER mine with lots of surprises MINARET MINE A fun backpack trip up to a cool mine MINIETTA MINE A cool mine with its history written in the rock MONOVILLE The oldest known gold mining site in the Eastern Sierra's MORNING GLORY MILL A beautiful old mill MULE TAIL MINE A remote mine in Death Valley MUNSTER MINE A beautiful 20 stamp mill in the forest MYSTERY MILL A mill of a mystery NEBULA CAMP A small mining camp with a jacuzzi NORTH BLOOMFIELD A really beautiful gold rush town OPHIR MINE A gorgeous mine along Kanaka creek PARAMOUNT MINE A beautiful location for a mine PEACEDOVE MINE One of the coolest mines going! PERSERVERENCE MINE A cool mine with ruins and quarts crystals PINE CITY Another local site PINE CREEK MINE A truly incredible tungsten mine in the Eastern Sierra QUEEN'S CANYON Mining area near the California/Nevada border THE REWARD MINE A killer mine and extensive ruins ROSE OF THE INYOS MINE A cool mine in the Inyo mountains SECRET MINE CAMP A cool mining camp with some interesting history THE SHANNON CANYON MINE A large mine in the sierras SIERRA CITY A gold rush town along the Yuba river SILVER CITY A cool ghost town near Kernville THE SILVERADO MILL Impressive mill ruins SKIDOO A well known Death Valley ghost town SNOW CANYON A canyon with multiple mill and mining sites SOAP CREEK An abandoned railroad company town SPUR OF THE MOMENT MINE A very cool old mine and camp THE SUMMIT MINE A grueling hike to a fabulous untouched mine! THE SWANSEA SALT TRAM An intact salt tram terminal from the 1800's THE UBEHEBE LEAD MINE A lead mine located in Death Valley VIRGINIA LAKES MINERS CABIN A quaint miners cabin at a gorgeous lake WARM SPRINGS A neat old mining camp and mill WHITE MOUNTAIN CITY Rock cabins, corrals, walls, an arrastra and petroglyphs here!

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NEVADA GHOST TOWNS

ALPINE One of the coolest mining camps we've ever explored AMADOR CITY A short lived mining town ATHENS A small ghost town in Nye county AURORA Our favorite Nevada ghost town AURUM A neat site with surprises in the cemetery AUSTIN A cool semi ghost BARCLAY A small railroad semi-ghost town BASS CAMP A turn of the century mining camp BELMONT An awesome ghost town. BELMONT MILL One of the most AMAZING sites in Nevada BERLIN Rattlesnakes and other cool stuff BLACK FOREST A very cool old mining camp with lots to explore BLAIR A ghost town near Silverpeak BONNIE CLAIRE A turn of the century camp with three mills BOVARD A ghost town/mine with several standing structures BRISTOL WELLS A site with great kilns and several buildings CANDELARIA A very picturesque ghost town and mine CARARA A very cool cement mill near Beatty CARDINAL MINE A Very cool site with lots of ruins CASTLETON A very cool mill CENTERVILLE A small mining camp dating from the 1870s CHERRY CREEK A semi ghost with lots of old structures and 3 cemetaries CLOVERDALE RANCH An historic stage stop COLUMBUS Not much left here COW CAMP A cabin that fits our "Other Adventures" catagory CRESCENT Only a mill stack and one rock house still remain today DELAMAR An excellent ghost town with many ruins DELTA MINE A newer mine with many structures DIAMONDFIELD A ghost town with very few remains DOLLY VARDEN Not much left here EAGLEVILLE A ghost town in the middle of nowhere EDEN RANCH Historical ranch in central Nevada FAY An itsy-bitsy ghost town on the border of Nevada and Utah. FLETCHER STATION A gorgeous oasis near Aurora GARNET A real GEM of a ghost town GILBERT Not much left at the townsite but lots to see in the general area GOLDEN Not much left at this site GOLDEN ARROW A site close to Tonopah GOLDEN EAGLE MINE A cool site GOLD HILL A cool semi-ghost near Virginia City GOLD HITT A cool mill and small camp GOLDFIELD A cool semi-ghost in western-central Nevada GOLD POINT The friendliest ghost town in Nevada GRAND DEPOSIT A mining company town with many remaining structures GRANTSVILLE A cool site very close to Berlin ghost town HALEY MINE Awesome ruins at this mine! HAMILTON Very cool ghost town HARRIMAN A nearly inaccessable mining camp HOT CREEK RANCH A cool ghost town/private ranch JACKSON MINING DISTRICT An area covered with mines and cabins JASPER An old railroad company town JEFFERSON A very cool ghost town with lots of structures to explore JIM'S CAMP A silver mining camp with a fascinating history JUMBO A site that had a sweet surprise for us KAISER MINE A cool little mine and mining camp KEYSTONE A small ghost town nearby Tybo KILLIE CAMP The site of the original discovery at Spruce Mountain LEPUS MINE We've code named this place the "Dead sheep mine" LOGAN A funky ex-hippie ghost town LONGSTREET MINE A mine once belonging to an infamous gunfighter LONGSTREET RANCH The same infamous gunfighters nearby ranch LUCKY BOY Nothing left here but tin cans and scorpions! MANGUM The lost city of Mangum found? MARIETTA A fun little ghost town with tons of mines MARY MINE A gold mine and cyanide mill METALLIC VENTURES TOUR A FANTASTIC tour of a current mining operation MICRO-METALS MINE A small mining operation with a picturesque mill THE MINING CAMP FROZEN IN TIME The name says it all MOHICAN MINE This mine rocks! MOHO A cool little ghost town in the mountains above Marietta MONARCH MINE CAMP A small gold mine with one less swing MONTEZUMA An early Nevada ghost town with some cool ruins! MOREY A ghost town in picturesque mountains MORRIS CAMP A VERY cool mine with lots of ruins to explore MOUNTAINVIEW A cool site with a nearby Spanish arrastra NEVADA NATIONAL MILL A beautiful 100+ year old mill in great condition NIVLOC An interesting gold mine camp NORTH STAR MINE A cool mine and interesting tram OLD CAMP/ORIENTAL The very old ghost town in southern Nevada OSCEOLA A cool ghost town on the Nevada/Utah border OPHIR CANYON A KILLER ghost town! PALMER MINE A huge mine! PALMETTO A small but neat ghost town PIGEON SPRINGS A very tiny stamp mill and one lone grave PINE GROVE A cool ghost town in central western Nevada PIOCHE A great semi-ghost in the eastern part of the state. POINSETTA MINE A very cool ghost town POTOMAC A later era mining camp POTOSI MINE Miles and miles of tunnels to explore QUEBEC MINE a cool little mine camp that was a biotch to find! RED RICHARD MINE A cool mine with lots to explore RED ROCK MINE A very cool mercury mine with lots of ruins REVEILLE A very remote ghost town in the central part of the state. RHYOLITE The most photographed ghost town in the west! ROCKLAND A cool ghost town in central western Nevada ROUND MOUNTAIN GOLD MINE A private tour of a world class gold mine operation RUBY HILL A gorgeous setting for a ghost town SHERMANTOWN Very cool rockwork here SIEGEL Not much left here except ghosts SILVERBOW A ghost town near the Nellis boarder SILVERKING A ghost town located near Pioche SIMON A great ghost town with lots to explore! STANFORD MINE A cool huntington mill STARR KING An abandoned mining company town. STATELINE An extensive ghost towns with lots of ruins and a killer mine! STONEHOUSE The ruins of stage stop SUNKIST The ruins of a small ranch SUNNY SLOPES MINE A neat site with a 5 stamp mill SYLVANIA A small mining camp TAYLOR An old mining town THUNDER MOUNTAIN MINING CAMP A mining camp with lots of cool ruins TIGER MINE The history of this mine is the writing on the walls TRANSYLVANIA MILL A WWII era mill with lots of relics TREASURE CITY Gorgeous views and rockwork here TRIUMPH MILL A cool mill with lots of milling equipment to explore TUNNEL A VERY COOL old mining camp TYBO A ghost town situated in a scenic part of the Toiyabe forest VIRGINIA CITY Kinda touristy but still very cool WARM SPRINGS An abandoned hot springs site WASHINGTON A ghost town hidden in a beautiful canyon WHITE CAPS An extremely cool old mill site

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UTAH GHOST TOWNS

COAL CITY A crumbling ghost town in Carbon county DIVIDEND Pass this one up in person but check out the page anyway EUREKA A cool semi-ghost FRISCO The COOLEST Utah ghost town! GOLD HILL A semi ghost town GOLDSPRINGS A cool town site and impressive mill ruins GRAFTON A very picturesque ghost town near Zion IRON TOWN One of Utah oldest iron mines JOY A ghost town close to Topaz Mountain KNIGHTSVILLE A mining company town MUTUAL A coal mining town with some cool ruins NEWHOUSE A fun ghost town with definite possibilities RAINS A coal mining ghost town with lots of ruins ROYAL A coal mining town with extensive ruins SILVER CITY A ghost town near Eureka SILVER REEF A great ghost town near to St George SPRINGVILLE A coal mining ghost town with a cool mill ruins STANDARD A coal mining ghost town with lots of ruins STATELINE A very cool ghost town!

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IDAHO GHOST TOWNS

ATLANTA Boise Basin's first gold camp BAYHORSE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE GHOST TOWN! BONANZA A neat ghost town with a love triangle attached to its history BURKE A cool ghost town in the Silver Valley COMEBACK CAMP A very cool old mining camp CUSTER An extensive and scenic ghost town DELAMAR A scenic ghost town along the Jordan river DEWEY A small ghost town with prosperous beginings IDAHO CITY Hands down, the best ghost town cemetery MURRAY A rural semi-ghost town with a fascinating history PLACERVILLE A charming semi ghost town with a fantastic cemetery THE POLARIS MILL A very cool silver mill ROCKY BAR A neat and scenic ghost town SALMON RIVER MINE An interesting mill near the Salmon river SILVER CITY One of the most intact and charming semi-ghosts we've ever visited! THE SUNSHINE MINE A vastly successful silver mine with a tragic accident in its history WALLACE An entire town that is listed in the historic register YANKEE FORK GOLD DREDGE An intact gold dredge

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MONTANA GHOST TOWNS

ELKHORN This place is on our list of MOST FAVORITE ghost towns! GARNET A gem of a ghost town

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ARIZONA GHOST TOWNS

BUMBLE BEE A small semi ghost. CHLORIDE A semi ghost with several original buildings. CLEATOR A fun semi ghost. CROWN KING A semi ghost in a beautiful setting. GRAND GULCH MINE A copper mine near the north rim of the Grand Canyon. JEROME A VERY cool semi ghost town thats alot of fun. OATMAN A fun little semi ghost famous for its burros. STANTON A neat little privately owned ghost. VULTURE MINE A privately owned ghost town that has ALOT to explore!

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