The Boston Mine formed in the late 1800s when gold was found near Mayflower Gulch, Colorado. The gold was deemed impure, so settlers abandoned the mine and camp, leaving behind a ghost town. Today, ...

The monthly Rear View column features historic photo stories from The Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History at The ...

For a long time, ghost towns were the forgotten corners of the map. Abandoned mines, empty... The post How Ghost Towns Are Finding New Life As Tourism Experiments appeared first on The Daily Dive.

Gold is assumed to have eternal, inherent value, but what makes it valuable? And what determines its value now that it's no longer the basis of our currency? In the book Gold: The Race for the World's ...

Explore forgotten ghost towns across Arkansas, from mining ruins to riverside relics, and discover hauntingly scenic places ...

Journey back through time in Arizona and discover five deserted towns left behind after mining booms, train‑robbing legends ...

CENTRAL, MICH. -- Every year on the last Sunday in July, an Upper Peninsula ghost town comes to life again for just one day. For 115 years running, the annual Central Reunion has brought the dispersed ...

Ghost Mine is an American paranormal television series that premiered on January 16, 2013 in the United States on Syfy channel. The series features a group of hard rock miners searching for gold in ...

Mysterious power failures in the mine leave one of the paranormal investigators shaken; and Kristen turns to a Native American historian for help as she tries to figure out what's going on. Two miners ...

South Africa's Mponeng gold mine is a 2.5-mile-deep network of chutes and tunnels that employs about 4,000 miners. Of course, that number doesn't... Underground Cities And 'Ghost' Miners: What Some ...