Once a famous mining community, this Western Nevada town is now chiefly an attraction for tourists
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11 abandoned Old West boom towns | MNN - Mother Nature Network  Oct 15, 2014 ... Most of us think of ghost towns as dusty, deserted mining outposts scattered ... The story of Animas Forks is similar to other Western boomtowns: ... Established in 1862 along Grasshopper Creek, Bannack, now a state ... While Calico built itself up as a living history tourist attraction, Bodie ... Rhyolite, Nevada.
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Bodie, California - Wikipedia  Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono ... As with other remote mining towns, Bodie had a popular, though clandestine, red light .... Bodie is now an authentic Wild West ghost town. ... Visitors can walk the deserted streets of a town that once was a bustling area of activity.
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Tombstone, Arizona - Wikipedia  Tombstone is a historic western city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in ... The town was established on a mesa above the Tough Nut Mine. ... The now-famous Hollywood-ized Gunfight is portrayed as occurring at the O.K. ..... East Allen Street is the center of Tombstone's tourist attractions, featuring three...
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Minerals Move People - Negative Population Growth  This attraction for gold probably precedes humans, as pack rats and some birds will ... Eventually the Pharaohs sent miners and established regular gold mining .... subsequent silver strikes in western Nevada did bring many people into the .... of this now in partially abandoned mining towns, and the decline of once rich,...
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Free Flashcards about TRAVEL & TOURISM - StudyStack  ONCE A FAMOUS MINING COMMUNITY, THIS WESTERN NEVADA TOWN IS NOW CHIEFLY AN ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS, VIRGINIA CITY. OF HAWAII'S...
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Las Vegas - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  A desert metropolis built on gambling, vice and other forms of entertainment, ... rule until 1855, when Brigham Young sent a group of Mormon settlers to the area.
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Jeopary Questions page 1869 - COMMUNICATION - TriviaBistro.com  LAS VEGAS: Lance Burton works his magic at this new resort & casino named for Monaco's gambling town  PORTRAITS ON SAVINGS BONDS: It's an easy...
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Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Lode - Legends of America  A once bustling mining town in the late 1800s, Virginia City Nevada was heralded as ... McLaughlin and Peter O'Reilly discovered gold at the head of Six-Mile Canyon in 1859. ... When a miner named James Finney, who was more often called "Old ... Engineers made amazing breakthroughs to facilitate the silver removal.
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The Comstock Lode, Nevada (Part 1)*  Columbia), attracted 23,000 prospectors from the United States as well as many more from ... A placer paystreak was discovered in Gold Canyon in 1858-1859 by four prospectors ... Comstock and bought the claims from the placer miners for.
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Virginia City and Early Nevada Mining | ONE  Virginia City and the Comstock Lode played a crucial role in the ... In addition, Nevada miners exported their cutting-edge technology, ... The turn-of-the-century excitement over the Tonopah-Goldfield strikes in central Nevada inspired the last ... at Nevada's Virginia City, ended not far away with this final, great mining boom.
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Butte: Montana's Irish Mining Town | Irish America  Butte's mines were statistically the most dangerous in the world, and ... book The Butte Irish, 12,000 of Irish descent were living in Butte by 1900, ... as The Company, by 1914 Anaconda Company had become the fourth largest ... They controlled town and state legislatures, and miners were pushed to increase production.
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Virginia City, Nevada - Wikipedia  Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, ... Like many cities and towns in Nevada, Virginia City was a mining boomtown; ... John Mackay and partner James Fair began as common miners, working ... Virginia City could be considered the "birthplace" of Mark Twain, as it was...
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Sudbury Tourism | Scenic sights. urban delights  We invite you to discover for yourself why Greater Sudbury is becoming one of Ontario's popular go-to destinations. ... luminous display of slowly flickering light above the northern sky and if you have seen it in person, consider yourself lucky.
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Johannesburg - Ashworth Africa  Oct 10, 2016 ... Visit Johannesburg, the city of gold for a cosmopolitan African experience. ... One of Johannesburg's nicknames is "Egoli" or Place of Gold. ... its beginnings when the world's richest gold fields were discovered here in the 1880s. ... Another place of interest is Gold Reef City, a theme park created around an...
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Butte Montana Profile and Resource Guide, City or community of ...  History, relocation info and City or community of Butte, Montana facts and figures ... The copper mines were developed slower than the silver mines and many fortunes ... Though the mining camp atmosphere has gone from Butte, copper mining still plays an important role in the area economy. ... The Copper King Mansion
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Virginia City - Nevada Ghost Town - Ghosttowns.com  There is no doubt Virginia City is the best known of the early Nevada mining towns. ... in the city that gave birth to the fabulous history of Nevada's gold and silver mining ... If one has sufficient interest in what the town has to offer, be prepared to...
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History of Las Vegas - Wikipedia  This history of Las Vegas covers both the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Las Vegas Valley. ... Gass made wine at his ranch and Las Vegas became known as the best stop ... October 1, 1910, when a strict anti-gambling law became effective in Nevada. ... It was the first resort on what would become the Las Vegas Strip.
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Butch & Sundanceand Rolla - True West Magazine  Nov 8, 2011 ... History does, all too often. ... He worked for the railroads before gold fever struck him after the 1896 discovery in Alaska. Rolla eventually headed to Bolivia to supervise the Concordia mine for the Andes ... Butch accounted for all the money. ... (Wild Bunch expert Dan Buck suspects an engineer saw wanted...
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searching in sw missouri - McRocks  Its a very pretty chert found mainly in that area of the state and it cuts and polishes up ... no fee to go to the Mozarkite Fair in Lincoln, I was checking Rock and Gem ... A local man owns it and can tell you a lot about the history of rocks and ... All I need to do now is call to check if rock hounding is okay for some of those sights.
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Virginia City Essay--Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno  [graphic] Three Historic Nevada Cities Carson City, Reno, Virginia City A National ... In 1859, placer miners and prospectors in the western Great Basin made two ... The Comstock Lode, as people soon called the ore body, was distinct in the ... the mines in and around Virginia City produced one-half of the nation's silver up...
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December 7, 1969 - Virginia City a Lively Ghost Town | Chicago ...  Lively Ghost Town ... Take the Bucket of Blood saloon, for instance. ... A blanket of snow brings a serene look to old Virginia City, once a fabulous Nevada gold and silver mining center. ... Saloon and facing Mark Twain's Museum of Memories and Diamond Li1's. ... It has 14 rooms and three baths, one of which is private.