La ruée vers l'or est terminée.
Les aventuriers ont crée de nombreuses villes minières aujourd'hui disparues.
Dans les déserts et les montagnes battues par les vents et la poussière, il ne reste plus que de vieux bâtiments délabrés et des vieilles carcasses comme décors.
Des étapes intéressantes pour un circuit atypique.
Vous trouverez en fin d'article plusieurs liens pour établir votre circuit
Ghost Town Gallery - Hundreds of pictures of Ghost Towns in the American West
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Ballarat came into being in 1897 with many gold strikes in the Panamint Mountains. The Radcliffe mine alone produced 15,000 tons of gold ore from 1898-1903. The town was named after a famous ...
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Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named
Ghost Towns of Arizona - Arizona ghost towns with history, pictures, and location
Complete listing of Arizona ghost towns by name or county and includes ghost town directions,history,pictures,books, ghost town links, ghost town related things to do