Nevada Mining Ghost Towns

Nevada’s mining ghost towns are the stuff of legend. The silver and gold strikes that drew prospectors from around the world in the 1860s through the early 1900s produced some of the most spectacular boom-and-bust towns in American history. Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Belmont, Hamilton – these names echo through the history of Western mining, and their ruins still stand in the Nevada desert as monuments to the fortunes made and lost in the ground beneath them.

Ghost Towns of Nevada on Amazon

Looking to explore Nevada’s mining ghost towns in more depth? The Ghost Towns of Nevada series by Jason Smith spans 3 volumes covering the state’s mining history and abandoned communities.

Browse the Nevada Series on Amazon

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