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Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
04/02/2016
Overlooking the mining buildings of Panamint City.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
03/13/2016
Ashford Mine Camp cabins.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
03/13/2016
Miner's cabin overlooking Death Valley and the Panamint Mountains.
Gina Teichert
Photo Date:
09/27/2014
Today only 10 percent of the original structures still stand at Bodie State Historic Park.
Gina Teichert
Photo Date:
09/27/2014
Structures that survived fires and the ravages of time still remain at Bodie State Historic Park.
Gina Teichert
Photo Date:
09/27/2014
Bodie once hosted 10,000 residents.
Aron Bosworth
Photo Date:
06/15/2014
The mine shaft in Empire State Historic Park.
Race Jones
Photo Date:
12/04/2014
Old ruins from the Aguereberry Camp.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
07/02/2016
The newer Doble Mine 40 stamp mill, built in 1900.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
09/29/2016
The foundation of the former three-story hotel in Metropolis.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
09/29/2016
Lincoln School arch, the most visible part remaining of Metropolis.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
05/02/2016
The mill building dominates the ghost town landscape at Berlin-Ichthuosaur State Park.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
05/02/2016
An ore cart outside of the Diana Mine.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
05/02/2016
Inside the machine shop in Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
03/20/2014
Rhyolite is one of the most photographed and filmed ghost towns in the West.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
03/20/2014
Rhyolite Ghost Town.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/16/2012
Independent Mine.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/16/2012
View of Mother Lode Mine looking north.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/16/2012
View of the old boarding house at Blue Ridge Mine.
Hannah Reeves
Photo Date:
12/11/2014
Shaniko is surrounded by abandoned structures.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
06/20/2015
The Colorado Boy mine is part of the Red Mountain mining district.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
06/20/2015
Yankee Girl Mine is one of the most photographed sites in Colorado.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/27/2015
The View Hotel in old Ashcroft.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/27/2015
The front of the View Hotel in Ashcroft.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
02/03/2015
View of some of the restored buildings of the ghost town.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
02/03/2015
The setting for the Castle Dome mine museum is stunning!
Anthony Kasner
Photo Date:
03/30/2014
Private cabins at a lower townsite in Monte Cristo.
Duncan Sadava
Photo Date:
10/05/2015
An old cabin at Parkhurst.