Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present-day Dayton in 1849 and continued into ...

Most in-tact ghost towns are concentrated in central and northern parts of Nevada where mining was more abundant in the late 1800s and early 1900s, said Megg Mueller, who has co-authored a book on ...

Nevada’s Ghost Towns. Season 6 Episode 7 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Explore Belmont and Tonopah’s mining history, ruins, and hot springs on a starry desert adventure.

Home to countless boomtowns and mining communities during the mid-1800s silver and gold rushes, Nevada has over 600 ghost towns still standing today. ... Founded as a mining town in 1905, ...

Explore these well-preserved U.S. ghost towns, ... According to Sierra Nevada Geotourism, ... South Pass City began as a gold-mining town in the mid-1800s, ...