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Here is Randsburg, living ghost town in California 4 min - Mar 14, 2009 - Uploaded by milyjarko Randsburg is located on the western Mojave Desert, California. It is a living ghost town with history of gold mining. Today ... youtube.com

 

Ghost Town: Bodie, CA Part 1 of 2 9 min - Jun 4, 2009 - Uploaded by StephenWorth Here is a documentary from the mid-1950s about the ghost town of Bodie, CA. Beautiful B&W photography and interesting ... youtube.com

 

Ghost Towns and Death Valley 9 min - Feb 25, 2007 - Uploaded by manhattan77 haunting images of ghost town Rhyolite and Gold King Mine museum near Jerome plus a trip to Death Valley. Note: I had to ... youtube.com

 

USA - Calico Ghost Town, California - Impressionen ... 4 min - Nov 13, 2008 - Uploaded by MISCHNIde USA - Calico Ghost Town, California - Impressionen in Bilder und Ton - Infos in deutsch im Abspann - die Geisterstadt ... youtube.com

 

Ghost Town outside of Nipton, California part 2 1 min - May 7, 2009 - Uploaded by jeffthedoc Come see the last remaining buildings standing of this once thriving area before they to are gone for ever youtube.com

 

Auto Draw 2: Bodie Ghost Town, Bodie, California 45 sec - Mar 29, 2010 - Uploaded by johnb000 www.jsr-productions.com Bodie Ghost Town, Bodie, California preserved town state california ghost sierra towns mining west ... youtube.com

 

Ghost Town, Bodie 8 min - Sep 4, 2008 - Uploaded by AntAtoll The town of Bodie rose to prominence with the decline of mining along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Prospectors ... youtube.com

 

Bodie California Ghost Town July 24, 2010 3 min - Jan 25, 2011 - Uploaded by blakemackenzie1 Bodie California is one of the best preserved ghost towns in the West. Built on the quest for gold, Bodie became a mining queen of ... youtube.com

 

Bodie Ghost Town California 5 min - Aug 24, 2009 - Uploaded by PostcardJourneys youtube.com

 

Bodie Ghost Town - "A Ghost Town that Lives on
W.S. Bodie discovered gold here back in 1859. Unfortunately he died in a snow storm that winter and never saw the town that took on his name. Over the years, Bodie has seen numerous booms...and busts. There were some huge gold strikes here and, at one point, the town had nearly 10,000 residents. By 1882 though, the big strikes were mostly history and the folks began to go elsewhere.
Today Bodie is one of the largest and best preserved ghost towns in the West. Over 170 buildings remain and what the California Department of Parks and Recreations calls a state of "arrested decay." It is, without a doubt, a photographer's paradise. History buffs and fans of the old West will find walking through Bodie a remarkable experience".
Calico Ghost Town - More than a century ago, the town of Calico was bustling with prospectors. Founded in March 1881, it grew to a population of 1,200 with 22 saloons and more than 500 mines. Silver was king, and the Calico Mining District became one of the richest in California, producing $86 million in silver, $45 million in borax and, of course, gold. After 1907, when silver prices dropped and borax mining moved to Death Valley, Calico became a ghost town".
Cerro Gordo Ghost Town - Cerro Gordo, Spanish for "Fat Hill" ,was a silver mining city high in the Inyo Mountains of Owens Valley. Cerro Gordo's major development took place in the early 1870s primarily by Mortimer Belshaw and Victor Beaudry. By 1872, the town was producing 100 to 150 83-pound bars of silver- lead each day. These bars, called "loaves" because of their resemblance to loaves of bread, were shipped in huge wagons to the nearest ocean port city, which happened to be Los Angeles.
1870s silver mining town. A number of buildings are still standing.
Chrysopolis Ghost Town - Chrysopolis, along with the nearby townsite of Black Rock, came into being as among the earliest of eastern California's Owens Valley settlements in 1863. Chrysopolis, as well as contemporaries San Carlos and Bend City, sprung up on the arid and wild eastern side of the Owens Valley, nestled among the footwall of the imposing Inyo Range. The town briefly flourished, but soon dwindled due to isolation and constant Indian troubles until Fort Independence was established.
Death Valley Ghost Towns -  Overview of several ghost towns in and around Death Valley.
Locke - Ghost town in the Sacramento River delta. - "Locke was founded in 1915 after a fire broke out in the Chinese section of nearby Walnut Grove. The Chinese who lived in that area decided that it was time to establish a town of their own. A committee of Chinese merchants, led by Lee Bing, was formed. They approached land owner George Locke and inquired if they could build on his land. An agreement was reached. The town was laid out by Chinese architects and industrious building ensued. The founding of Lockeport, later 'Locke', was a reality".
Montgomery City - "California's Mono County contains a generous number of ghost towns, including the premiere ghost town of Bodie. But only 41 air miles southeast of Bodie lays a ghostly site that is, for the most part forgotten, a town that was a contemporary of Bodie's earliest days. That site is Montgomery City".
Pollardville - 10464 N. Hwy 99 - Stockton, CA - Tel:(209)931-0272 - "Pollardville is a combination 1800's ghost town and museum. Open to the public, it includes the entire set from the 1957 film THE BIG COUNTRY and many historic buildings from California's Gold Country.  With guided tours, train rides and fishing for the children, Pollardville is a great place for family fun".
Skidoo - Western Death Valley National Park - Inyo County
NE of Ridgecrest East of Hwy.395, just off Hwy.190, via Wildrose Rd. to Skidoo turn off.
Chloride City - In Death Valley - The history of this area goes back to 1871 when A. J. Franklin discovered silver ore. Legend has it that he picked up a rock to kill a rattlesnake and found the silver. In 1873 Franklin shut his mine down due to the expense of transporting the ore out of the area.
Leadfield - The ghost town of Leadfield was the most recent arrival in the list of Death Valley ghost towns. It is also the most controversial of the area ghost towns. The town boomed from 1926-1927.
Rhyolite - "This is a ghost town located on the east side of Death Valley National Park. The road to the site is paved and interpretive signs show visitors what the town used to look like. Many of the old buildings are in poor condition and bricks of some structures are perilously close to falling. Stay away from the buildings when visiting this site". Once the biggest town in Death Valley.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ghost Towns & Mining Camps - "Its fun to explore old Ghost Towns, to discover the strange machines and neat relics left behind, peer into an old mine shaft, reflect about the people who lived there, pause over an old grave, or perhaps read the inscriptions on the gravemarkers and shed a tear. But please remember, when visiting Ghost Towns to leave the site as you found it for future explorers to enjoy".

Locations of Ghost Towns

A Ghost Town Named Bodie

The Ghost Towns of Philipsburg

A Look at Hillsboro, New Mexico

An Arizona Ghost Town

Red Mountain Area

Ghost Towns of Death Valley

The Story of Copperopolis

Ghost Towns Located in Las Cruces

A Sample of Ghost Towns in Utah Valley

A Ghost Town in New Mexico

The Facts about Elkhorn, Montana

St. Elmo Colorado and Its History

Bannack, a Ghost Town

Rhyolite

Ghost Town Museum