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Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in the California desert founded by Kaiser Steel Corporation in 1948. It was home to a fully integrated steel mill and iron mine, but closed in 1982 after facing environmental and economic challenges.
Calico is a former silver mining town in the Mojave Desert, founded in 1881 and abandoned in 1907. It was restored by Walter Knott, the founder of Knott's Berry Farm, and became a county park and a California Historical Landmark.
Learn about the history and production of the Cerro Gordo Mines, a collection of abandoned mines in the Inyo Mountains, California. The mines operated from 1866 to 1957, producing silver, lead, zinc and more, and are now a ghost town and a tourist attraction.
Ghost towns in California were caused by factors including the end of the California gold rush, ... A gold mining town Zurich: Alvord, Station [12] Inyo
New Idria was a town founded in 1857 to support a mercury mine in San Benito County, California. The mine closed in 1972 and the town became a ghost town with environmental contamination issues.
Bodie is a former gold mining town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It was founded in 1876 and became a boomtown with 2,000 structures and 8,000 people, but declined by 1915 and is now a state park and a national historic landmark.
Mount Ophir is a ghost town in Mariposa County, California. It was a mining town founded in 1850 during the California Gold Rush, and was the site of the Mount Ophir Mint, the first authorized mint in California.
Cerro Gordo was a silver mining town in Inyo County, California, that became a ghost town after a fire in 1877. It was purchased in 2018 and is now a tourist attraction with vintage buildings and a 4WD road.