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                  <text>SDITI?JG INFORMATION

1.

Please keep the reproduction of maps in introduction

as full size as possible in order to prevent distortion

of scale.
2.

Sequence of states mav not be altered, except that last
three may be interchanged.

3.

I have deleted one weak area in Utah.

Probably no

further deletions will be required.

If so, the last

two towns in Arizona should be the first to go.
4”.

Text is about 56,000 words.

There are 285 Black and

White photos, and 6? towns are covered in 6 states.
5.

I have made no list of illustrations this time.

Let's

leave it out — okay?
6.

I’ll leave the tbble of contents up to you folk.

7.

A number of color slides have been included foh the cover.

8.

The picture key is merely a guide to location — don't
feel that it must be adhered to exactly.

9.

/

Am writing Gordon concerning my feelings on format.

10. Author's pix and information will follow.

ROTS OP RUCK

�^LLDORADOS-Weis
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ball mill
bathhouse

boardinghouse
boomtown
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dance hall
diehards
dry-wash
dry wash

cave-in

millsite
mine shaft

open-pit
powerhouse

old-timer

coalfield
comedown

core drilling
crossbeam

cussword

E g G H

Q R S T

sidewall

end-to-end

railhead

slabwood

flatcar

rainwater

snowslide

flywheel

speakeasy

guesswork

ranch house
rearview mirror

gunslinger

rockfall

springwater
storefront

hard-rock (adj)

rockslide

sunbleached

jackstrawed
jeep (l.c.)
lifeblood
(like - solid as a suffix)

.

switchyard
tollgate, tollroad

sawlog
secondhand

theat^

U V V X Y Z

upside-down
icebox

,

ropework
runoff (n)

shutdown (n)
sidetrack (v&amp;n)

I J g L

:

sweepup

head-on
hometown

soddy

water hole
worktable

zigzag

tie rod
townsite
townspeople,^^

�BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bancroft, Caroline,

Six Racy Madams.

r
Boulder, Colqsad^t

Johnson Publishing Co., I965.

Barnes, Will C.

Arizona Place Mames.

General Bulletin No. 2.

Unl-^rolty of Arizona

Tucson, Arlze*iai Unlvorelty of

Arizona^ 1935.

Beebei Lucius M., and Gleurg, C.^I.

The American West:

Pictorial Epic of a Continent.

New York:

The

E. P. Dutton

and Go.,^?955.

Brown, Robert L.

An Empire of Silver.

Caldwell, Idaho:

The Caxton Printers, Ltd., I965.

3
---- Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rookies.

Caldwell, Idaho:

The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1971.

---- Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns.
The Caxton Printers, Ltd.,

Caldwell, Idaho:
3%^

5
---- Colorado Ghost Towns, Past and Present.

Caldwell, Idaho:

The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1972,
Buffum, E. Gould.

Six Months In the Gold Mines.

Los Angeles:

The Ward Ritchie Press, 1958.
California State Parks and Recreational Department.
Historical Landmarks.
Carr, Stephen L.

Sacramento:

California

I968.

The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns.
Publishing Co.,

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Western Spies1972.

�Gold Is the Cornerstone.

Caughey, John W.

Berkeley!

Uni-v^fffllty of California Press, 19^8.

July^l9^0j March, 19^1} July, 19^1}

Colorado Magazine.
January, 19^2.

Cook, Fred S.

Legends of the Southern Mines.

Traveler,

California

/Mb date.

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

Grand

1972.

County, Utah*

Driggs, Howard R.

Grand Memories.

Westward America.

G. P. Putnam's

New York!

Sons, 19^2.

Eberhart, Perry.

Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining

Gamps.

Sage Books, 1959.

Denver, Coloaadai

Fisher, Vardls, and Holmes, Opal Laurel.

Gold Rushes and

Mining Camps of the Early American West.

Caldwell, Idahoi

The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1968.
Florin Lambert.

Western Ghost Towns.

Seattle, Wash^gtont

Superior Publishing Go., 196I.
---- Ghost Town Trails.

Seattle.Washi
ngton!
A

Superior Publishing

Co., 1964.
3 lA.

—-—Ghost Town Treasures.

Seattle, Washington!

Publishing Company, 1965.

Superior

�Gudde, Erwin G.

California Place Names.

Berkeley:

Univ»goi-»y

of California Press, I969.
Hall, Prank.

History of the State of Colorado.

Chicac-oJ

Illtnaioi^ Chicago Blakely Printing Co., I889.

Hill, Rita.

Then and Now, Here and There Around Shakespeare.

Lordsburg, New Mexi^eei
Huber, Joe,

Privately printed, I963.

The Story of Madrid.

Albuquerque:

Privately

printed, I963.

Anybody’s Gold:

Jackson, Joseph Henry,

Towns.

San Francisco:

The Story o^Kining

Chronicle Books, 1970,

Gold Rush Album,

Jackson, Joseph Henry,

New York:

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 19^9,
Jackson, William Henry,.

Picture Maker of the Old West, with

text based on diaries and notebooks, edited by Clarence S,

New York:

Jackson.

Johnson, Robert Nlel.

Callfe«*4i«:

Lee, Bourke,

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 19^7,

Southwestern Ghost Town Atlas,

s
Susanville,

Gy Johnson and Son, 1973.

Peath^ Valley, The Immortal Desert.

New York:

Random House, 197^.

Lockwood, Frank

Pioneer Days in Arizona.

Macmillan Co .^932.

New York:

The

�Looney, Ralph,

Haunted Highways,

New Yorkj

Hastings House,

1968,
Ghost Towns of the West,

McDowell, Jack, Editor,
Gall3^gnt-ai

Miller, Joseph,

Lane Magazine
Arlzonat

Menlo Park,

Book Co,, 1971,

The Last Frontier,

New Yorki

Hastings House, 1956,
Murbarger, Nell,
Califojaaias
Myrlck, David P,

Ghosts of the Glory Trail,
Desert Printers, Inc,, 1956.

Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California,

Berkeley; Califagnlat

Nadeau, Re mi,

Palm Desert,

Howells North Books, 1962,

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California,

Los Angeles:

Paher, Stanley W,

The Ward Ritchie Press, I965.
Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Gamns,

Berkeley; California}

Reeve, Prank D.

Howells North Books, 1970,

History of New Mexico,

New York:

Lewis

Historical Publishing Co,, I96I,

Roll^, Andrew P,

Galiforniat

A History,

New York:

Thomas Y

Crowell Go,, I969.

Sherman, James E, ourufi* Barbara H,

Norman, Oklah^aa:

Ghost Towns of Arizona.

Univepnl4y of Oklahoma Press, I969.

�S11verberg, Robert.

Mew York:

Ghost Towns of the American West•

Thomas Y. Crowell Co., I968.

Gold In Them Hills.

Ston:?, Phil.

\

M. Y. ;
Garden City, Ne^Yerki

tAmV. &gt;

Doubleday (an^ Com^aiyif» 1957»
I

United States Forest Service,

Maps of the National Forests

of the Southwestern States,

United States Geological Survey,jTopographlcj|||aps of areas of

Interest In the Southwestern States,

Utah Historical Quarterly, selected Issues, 1928-33.
Gold Mines of California.

Wagner, Jack R.

Berkeley; Qallfornlat

Howell-North Books, 1970.

Watkins, T. H.

Gold and Silver In the West.

Callfogntai

Palo Alto,

American West Publishing Co,, 1971.

Wolle, Muriel Slbell,

The Bonanza Trail.

BloomlngtonJ Indiana

Unlvwpolty Press, 1958.

Woods, Betty,

Now

Ghost Towns and How to Know Them.

Press of the

Young, Otis E. Jr., Western Mining.

of Oklahoma Press, 1970.

Santa Fe, N.

19^9.

Norman, Oklahoma:

UnlvegoXty

�LIST GF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Paradise Peak Map
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20

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4 Side view of longest bridge

Covered bridge near Camptonville

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69

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Home of hard-rock miner

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School built with WPA funds

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Palie

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150

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146

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151

) Ione from Shamrock Canyon Road

152

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153

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154

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158

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Number

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/ Old town of Shakespeare

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255

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254

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^One of Wolf's finer homes

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of Standard Mining Company

3Offices

271

)Company offices in Latuda

274

212

1

?01d crane near Standardville

269

275

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Old ore cars

^Welcome to the Mutual Store
^Latuda's small jail

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List of illustrations

Photo
Number

Page
Seattle wander through ruins of Mutual

275

276
277

7 Coal mine on Spring Canyon

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Utah Area 2

285

^BuildiJigs in Frisco

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286

3Hole in mountain near Frisco

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289

290

^Twin skips at King David Mine
Waste dump west of Frisco
L&gt;Small residence in Frisco

V 292
295

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287
288

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Coal tipple, Mutual
7 Map

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|7 Tattered remains of fancy dugout

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Sunset over the King David
j I Last business to close in £*Cisco

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Cisco Motel

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296

Open 24

hours

Hold drilling rig at Cisco

end

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�FOR HELLDORADO
Norman Weis

CALIFORNIA PHOTO DaSORIPTIClj
n

No. 1

The trackless trestle of the

Union Mine curves

his:h over the remains of Cerro Gordo

No. 2

The American Hotel, built in 1871, is the fanciest

structure in town.

No. 3.

Massive waste dumps of the Union Mine seem to
A*
threaten the existence of Cerro Gordo.

No. 4 .

One of the smaller sporting houses in town.

Note

the tiny rooms or **^ribs.

No. 5

The Cerro Gordo '^Town Council'^

Jack Smith, Barby

Smith (Mayor), Cecil Smith, and a "stranger," Hod
Hodrlguez.

No. 6.

Hoops that once held wooden slatted vats together
now frame the buildings at the upper end of town.

/

No. 7 .

Cerro Gordo by moonlight.

the backs'round .

Keeler d^ry lake is in

�a (cont

No. 8.

aock building in center is probably part of the

Much of the original town&lt;:^**‘^^
Wiii^
site has been covered with shifting sand dunes.

old town of Swansea.

No. 9 •

Only a small portion of Swansea’s famous smelter

is standing.

No. 10.

Deserted main street of Darwin.
D

No. 11 .

Note the anemic

on the hillside.

Defunct cost office-general stored once sold Green
Streak Gasoline.

No. 12.

Darwin’s little school house apparently served other
purposes from I876 to I900.

No. 13.

Sxtensive company town just north of Darwin has been
empty for (1^years.

•

Chimney of the old Norton residence in Hart is framed

No. 14

by branches of a Joshua tree.

No. 15 .

The wooden flywheel and walking beam of Hart’s municipal
water system

carted in from San Francisco in I900.

�(n nn M

No. 16^

Sbowins' sl0:ns of two renovations, cabin at east
end of Hart appears to "be in need of a third

No. 17-

Wooden barrel hoops form a fiorure ei-^ht around

the old stirrins; paddle at an unnamed gold mine

and mill on the hill above Hart, California.

No. 18 .

Strancre device was probably used to break clay
deposits during second-effort mining in Hart.

No. 19’

After crushlnor, clay was roasted and pulverized.

No. 20 ’

Venerable old^^age ^tatlon in Barnwell was the

first structure built and the last to remain.
Building has been modernized and enlarged a

number of times.

No. 21

Water tank at Barnwell appears to have been con
structed shortly before staple station was deserted.

No. 22 •

Sagamore Mine vallows frame stands over the

collapsed remains of its hoist house.

3-

�JfH.1 fnrnlfl—(. oontlnuoi!?-)'

No. 23.

**Tin &gt;2^mp at the Sagamore Mine was built durlnar

the later tungsten mininjr period.

No. 24

Sagamore was remote^^and lime was scarce.

Chimneys

walls, and entire buildlncs were constructed with

a minimum of cementlno: agent.

No. 25-

Buildings in Carlock were made of a variety of
materials.

The two in foreground are of sawn logs,

the one at the rear is adobe.

No. 26 •

Larsre arrastra was once powered by steam engine.
Wooden sprocket pulled four large drag stones in

circular manner, crushing scold ore beneath.

No. 27*

Miller building^ erected in 1897, sported a classy^

*
angled entrance.

Buildlnsr served at various times

as stage station, veneral store, and bar.

No. 28 •

Tuna-sten ore was hoisted up the slanted track and

dumped into waiting ore cars.

Huge quantities of

scheelite, an ore of tungsten, were removed from

the ground below Atolia.

�Uo.

Several larsje buildings In old Atolla are beginning
to show the effects of weather and depredation.

Buildings were probably boardInsC^uses and offices.

Wo.

All of Atolia’s many old mines seem to enter the

ground at the same peculiar angle.

Shafts proba.

bly paralleled the slanting beds of ore.

Wo.

Deserted placer camp of Coolgardle once had every
convenience, even a tree house.

No.

Marvelous example of a rock dugout

at the

site of lower Masonic,

No.

Middle Masonic, once the bustling commercial center

of the trio of towns, now consists of two cabins

and numerous piles of rubble.

No.

The Shemung Mine, two miles southwest of Masonic,

is in the process of being reactivated.

No.

Remnants of Upper Masonic string out along a side
canyon just east of Masonic Springs.

�ggciif oimla ( eeatlnuogl &gt;

Mo. 36

Collapsed roof of old log cabin gives a rakish

appearance to the eaves

Mo. 37

Sunset at the Success Mine on the road between

Masonic and Brid(report

Mo. 38

The Pittsburg Liberty Mill processed ores from its
own shaftand from the Serita, half a mile up the

hill to the left of photo.

Aerial tramway once

connected the Serita with the Jiill

No. 39

Honeycombed Bodie Bluff overlooks the Standard Mine

and the eastern portion of Bodie, California

No. 40

Prom left to right, the JPost pffice. Odd Fellows Hall

Miners' Union Hall, ,M^rgue, and ^he Boone Store and
Warehouse

Mo. 41. * View lookincr east down Green Street.

Methodist

Church is at left, livery on

Mo. 42

Expansive boardwalks fronted the buildings on the
west side of Main Street

�Oftlifognla (oont-tw
No. 43*

One of many windlass:equipped

No. 4^’

Hoist works of the Red Cloud Mine, one mile south

due:

wells in Bodie.

of Bodie, are now mounted at the western outskirts

of town.

The peculiar "ribbon" cable measures

1)6 by 5 inches

1 j"

No. ^5‘

cross section.

Ordinary table saw at leftj^ and an early version
of a radials arm saw at the front of the shed.

Long

support arm pivoted at top, permitting saw to be
drawn forward to cut lumber to length.

No. 46 ‘

Close-up of the i860 version of the radlalt-arm saw

shows blade, draw handle, lower drive wheel, and
broken drive belt.

No. 47,*

This old dump wafron is worth an hour of stUdy.

Hand-:cranked worm gear permitted bottom trap doors
to be closed.

A traln^like coupling was Installed

at each endy^permittlng reversal without turn about.

Rither axle could be locked 3 while remaining axle was
used, for steering.

�'Oalif epHlQ ( oontlnuod)-P

No. 48 ♦

Fancy stone marks'the prrave of JSvelyn Myers, who

died Just before her third birthday.

No. 49.

The corner of Pulton and Washington greets in

Columbia, California,

Hydraulicked area begins

just beyond street end.

No. 50

The Eagle Cottage, /he Gazette ^fice, and the
Fallon Hotel and Theat^^jl^ line the west side of

Washington Street.

No. 51

Two rock vaults occupy rear portion of the
Wells-^^Cirgo Depot and Stage Station.

No. 52 •

View to the north along Main Street, with Wells
Fargo Building at left, Douvlass Saloon in the
background.

No. 53

Originally built for the King of Hawaii, fire
wagon was found unclaimed in a San Francisco

warehouse.

Named

Papeete,it became Columbia’s

pride and joy in 1859.

�■gcillf orni "I (Chiiil. 1 huliJ )

Mo, 5^*

Interior of drua^store on the north side of

Oolumhia’s State Street.

Mo. 55 •

The narrow 'brldae over San Antonio Greek at
Fourth Grossing

and hoof.

now caters to travelers on foot

Old liverv is in backaround^^*

to

the riaht, oriainal staae station is nearlyhidden in heavy arowth.

No. 56

Shade at hiah noon in Fourth Grossina.

No. 57

Liverv at Fourth Grossing

No. 58-

use only if needed for

George Hotel, built in 186?

graces the

lower end of Volcano’s i4ain Street,

No. 59 •

Looking north along shaded I4ain Street toward the
old Ghinese store.

No. 60 •

Note the broad rock walk.

The first two occupants of Volcano's jail were

its builders.

Hasp was well removed from door

crack to prevent easy picking

�■0*1 iPuiIlia (eoublnuBd

No. 61.

Old hydraulic ffun, or raammoth, stands at the main

intersection In Volcano.

Water entered at right,

exited at high speed from nozzle at left.

Wooden

box held rock counterweights.

No. 62*

Old Abe, the cannon that won the war in Volcano.

No. 6x.

The longest single-span wooden bridge in the world
spans the South Pork of the Yuba River,miles

southwest of French Corral.

No.

.

Built by David Isaac Johnwoodf in 1862, the alls
wood bridge has an unsupported free span of 230

feet.

No. 65 •

Covered bridge south of Camptonville, built in

I860, is still in use.

No. 66

only if needed fop?

Piton 0. Smith stands in front of the school he

once attended? and later worked in as custodian.
Gazebo at right is built

community well.

French Corral’s

�No. 67.

Office of the first lons^sdistance telephone line
I
the Mother Lode. Built in 1853, line connected

the headquarters of the Milton Mining and Water

Gompanv in French Corral /^wlth French Lake,
miles away.

No. 68

Wells-^argo Office in French Corral is shut tight
with flr'e^roof metal doors. ^Tu^ only if needa^

No. 69*

Moonlight over the old schoolhouse of French Corral
Bell was stolen by vandals^ ^/^ter recovered.

�gong’"

*No. 77.

u Jiiitslnuoal

The Turkey General Store (later to be named
Gleator) as It appeared In 192^?'

Wo. 78 *

One of the dozen or so residences that reiiain
stand inp- in Heat or

. No. 13 •

Hock school^Jiouse built with Works Progress
Administration (WPA) funds in the thirties^

• No. 80 •

General store in Grown King has been in business
for almost 100 years.

. No. 81 •

Triangular shape of Grown King was dictated by the
railroad’s turiT^round facility.

Saloon is at

center, general store is to the left.

' No. 82 .

Jet streams overhead contrast with one of the oldest

buildings in town.

No. 83 •

The 1900 style of architecture common to mining

towns is apparent even in this dog*7iouse in Grown
King.

— /1 -

�ArlBowa
• No. 8^ •

Saloon, moved in from a neighboring town, once

offered food, drink, and entertainment to the
miners of Grown Klnsr.

Outside stairway gave

access to eight "going” rooms on second floor.

. No. 85 *

Old mill ruins and boarding houses reflect the
light of a full moon.

* No. 86 •

Hemalns of Oro Belle are almost hidden by the lush
growth.

*

No. 87 .

Mine above town is the Rapid Transit.

Fancy structure was probably company office and
bank combination.

Tilting wall at right allows

little room to pass.

*

No. 88 •

Vacant Interior of this structure makes speculation
concerning its function rather difficult, but cup«la

implies use as cook shack, assay office.or smithy.
r

» No. 89 •

Stick by stick, the two saloons of Oro Belle were

hauled up the mountain to Grown King.

. No. 90'^

Jerome cline's tenaciously to the eastern slope of
Gleopatra Hill.

�' No. 91&lt;

Built by the pastor and parishioners .^church

was constructed largely of old powder boxes,
then covered with stucco.

. No. 92 '

Wide wheels of heavvarduty wagon frame the powder­
house church of Jerome.

Large buildings above

are the abandoned grade school and hospital.

Little Daisy Hotel as seen from the Daisy Mine.

• No. 93 ‘

Hotel was home to single miners in the area.

' No. 9^ •

Intent of sign on old home is not clear.

Either

humans should beware of vermin, or vermin should

beware of the danger of a sudden slip downhill.

* No. 95

.

Larve stage station. store, and residence are.only

A

A

remains of Stanton,\site of frequent foul play.

. No. 96 .

Powder house just east of Stanton once had stout
metal door.

•No. 97

Short wooden door poses a mystery.

Adjacent to powder house. giant ^guaro ^actus
overlooks an area noted for rattlers.

�AiP'jfgown (13nnMnuefr)*
. No. 98

• Two buildings of mixed construction probably
housed goldiwashlng equipment.

. No. 99‘

Weaver’s tiny post office, built in 1899. shows

wide variation In the size of rocks used In its

construction.
'No. 100.

Burned*, out residence at east edge of Weaver

overlooks slopes of Rich Hill, known for its

numerous sold nuygets.

'No. 101*

Mill ruins mark the site of the old Octave Mine,
the only mine in the area to successfully tap an

underground gold vein.
of rock

, No. 102

Diamonds-shaped

water reservoir, bullty^in 1897

and still Intact, is one of Octave’s more durable
remnants.

' No. 103.

Gold was melted and poured into Ingots at the bullion
house across the road from the Octave Mine and Mill.

, No. 104 .

Some of Octave’s rock foundation, still solidly in

place, waye; laid up without mortar

-/4 -

�Ariaowa -

nxipd

.No. 105'

0.*'^Garlson checks drive mechanism on ball
mill of his own unique desicrn.

. No. 106-

Lower Goldroad is covered with roofless remains
of rook walls, stores, and residences.

. No. 10? ‘

Twos-story adobe hotel, now in shambles, once stood
proudly at the center of Goldroad.

•No. 108*

Gold ^^ad was burned down to save at taxes.

Wooden

roofs burned, but door and window casements somehow

survived.

. No. 109*

Grout:and1 rock staircase leads nowhere.

» No. 110.

Desert flora has its own distinctive beauty.

, No. 111.

Empty remains

'he Lee Lumber Company and/^e

Oatman Picture Show bracket the north entrance to

Oatman, Arizona.

Larye quartz outcrop thrustiny

above horizon is named 'fThe Elephant’s Tooth

‘ No. 112 •

Front of Oatman's Lee Lumber Company viewed from
covered walk of deserted picture show buildlny.

�Art. H o iiQ) (e 0 n 11 iiu agl) -y
‘ xVo. 113-

South end of Oatman’s nearly deserted Main
Street.

Bulldiny at right was originallv a

drugstore and soda shop.

Memorial in the center

of intersection is to Anna Sder, beloved citizen

known for grubstaking most of the prospectors in

the area.

Although she died penniless, she once

had sizable income from town property which in--*
eluded most of Oatman’s red-light district.

Mo. 114.

Mow ^4ie Glory Hole,'*oat man* s old drugstore was

recently "gussied up" for a role in the movie

How^Mig West Was Won.

Mo. 115 •

Lower terminal of aerial tramway ends at head-^
quarters of the Tom Heed Mine at east edge of

Oatman.

No. 116 .

Oil barrel rode the tramway continuously.

Small

cog^^eel below right wheel drove pump that lifted

oil from the drum to the cable.

Mo. 117 • Wild burros make daily forays along Oatman’s Main
Street.

Favorite snacks Include popcorn and dog

food.

-

�jfeei&amp;ovxA ' (

,Z

xNo. 118

If snacks are not offered on the street, burros
will walk into stores to beg at the counter,

Grace Kloehn, proprietor of a glass shop, heads
•^Blackjack-^ off at the door.

No. 119,

Keystone i4ine stands over the remains of one of
the mills at Mineral Park.

Gerbat Mountains form

, e ■ '

the backdrop.

No. 120

Head frame of the Keystone Mine is about to
collapse of its own weight.

Massive tailings

behind are from the stillaactlve Duval Mine.

✓

No. 121

Remains of Mineral Parks second mill, built about
18?^, appear insignificant when viewed against the
gigantic Duval Mill.

No. 122*

The last structure in White Hills slowly eases its
way toward the horizontal.

No. 123

Barrel

cactus volunteers as head board in the old

cemetery of White Hills.

3ND ARIZONA PHOTO DESCRIPT

�rnoTJ DJOjaiPTiw

Mo. 124.

Adobe walls mark the site of Bullfrog’s once-

busy Main Street.

Mo. 125

Hot sun has curled the shingles on roof of shack
at the site of original Bullfrog claim.

Mo. 126

Paint has protected portions of an otherwise sand

blasted head board in Bullfrog’s cemetery.

Raised

letters read in part, "Anderson 1906."

No. 12? •

Ornate headstone in Bullfrog’s cemetery marks grave
County,

of Daniel G. Kennedy, born in Antigonish
Scotia.

‘Mo. 128’

Nova

Kennedy and Bullfrosr died the same year.

Rhyolite’s depot is the town’s most Impressive

remnant.

Galled the finest in the state, the

station served the Las Vegas and Tonopah Rail roadie.

* Mo. 129’

John S. Cooke Bank of Rhyolite

was built in I9O8,

utllizlnfl' the local white rhyolite.

Building was

partially destroyed in I9IO to save on taxes.

�Nt- u

(uuiib

Mo. 130

The Overbury gilding

as seen through the re-*

mains of the H. D. and L. D. Porter building.
Overbury building, originallyQstories high,

was equipped with a 5,000=gallon water tank on

roof.

No. 131 •

Rhyolite X^ail was 1 located in the middle of the

red-light district. Bars on windows were actually
bars.

No. 132 •

Walls of Cooke^ank building are silhouetted by

fading evening light.

No. 133

Gold Point's most recently occupied business
district consisted of a general store and post

office.

The sign aboi^e indicates the post office

was the first to fold.

No. 134 • One of a great number of deserted mines in the

area southea|.s t of Gold Point.

No. 135

Gold Point's earlier business district held post
office, /l!he Horns liver Herald, office, and (1*3^

saloons.

Observers claimed the town "extended

almost as you watched it."

-A.!-

�)TaVADA (ooft

13

No. 137

Alternate fcrl35

One of the finer homes in the old gold town of
Lida^

Mo. 138-

Small cabin is dwarfed by massive tree at the
south edge of Lida.

Z

-Mo. 139*

Manhattan's Main Street was once a solid string
of connected buildings.

Structure at left was

adapted for use as firehouse.

.Mo. 140.

The finest homes in Manhattan once lined the street
on hill just south of town.

A few of the homes are

now used as summer retreats.

Mo. 141 &lt;

Mine shack and head frame are Just a few steps
east of Manhattan's deserted post office.

4-^ No. 142'

Parts of a small stamp mill that once processed
ore near the Mount Moriah Cemetery, a mile or
so west of Manhattan.

2 2. -

�i'leuaiga" (eowtlwuod-)'
tx 'No. 143 •

Catholic Church was moved In from deserted
Belmont.

The^,^&gt;g?^iurch fell Into disuse a second

time when /lanhattan also hecame deserted.
thoroughfare

iMo. 144 »

West side of Belmont’s main tha^i^afapa held a general
store

mai»oppti-10 (ria;ht), undertaker’s parlor, and
i4rs. Hushes’ Boardin*^^^se.

No. 145.

Hear view of build ina;s on east side of Main

Street shows Impressive rock work.

. No. 146 •

Cosmopolitan Music Hall once hosted the famous
Fav Templeton.

z

No. 14?

Buckled and leanlnv, wooden structures at south

end of Belmont will soon be reduced to foundations

and rubble.

No. 148 •

Old cowboys never die.

They Just pull their riys

off the road.

iz . No. 149 •

Nye County Courthouse, built in 186?, had numerous

chimneys serving heaters in every office.
the late«-model horse trailer in foreground.

-

-

Note

�Nevada (oontlnuo^-}
’No, 150.

Impressive ruins of the combination mill are
Just east of Belmont.

-A second^ more modern^

mill, also deserted, Is half a mile to the

south.

• No. 151.

View of Ione from the Shamrock Canyon road shows
the extent of the old town and the Influx of a
new breed of traller-towln?? prospectors.

No. 152.

Trappings of the mining trade hang all about this

small rock structure at the east end of Ione.

Bars, made of ore car rails, are too widely

spaced to serve any worthwhile purpose.

No. 153.

Old "hot head" engine

at the Shamrock Mine

half a mile southeast of Ione.

•No. 154.

Walls of this oncesfancy home at the west end of
Ione are more than two feet thick.

Fireplace In

rear end wall Is flush Inside and out.

No. 155.

Berlin, smogrfree and uncongested

�jfevad cai (o anti

adi)
thirty-stampy

•No. 156-

Old«'jQ ^tanip ^11 of Berlin stands at the
i

Interface of Ione Valley and the Shoshone

Mountains.

No. 157*

Small smelter, built In I878, proved the local

ore to be of sufficient value to warrant construe
tlon of larger smelter seen In backvround.

No. 158*

When the Illinois Mine was In operation, boiler

at rlflrht supplied steam to hoist ens^lne mounted
on concrete pad to left of head frame.

Ore was

chuted Into the shed for sorting.

No. 159*

Metal tanks were either blown up or blown down.
"Bases for the tanks can be seen at upper right.

No. 160’

Y

&gt;

Pipers Opera House, ^e Knights of Pj^thlas,

Schoenfeld's Furniture, and the Miners' Union
Hall stand In a row, one block off the main
street of Virginia Gltv.

/ No

161^

St. Mary's ^n^he Mountains, built In I877, over?'

shadows St, Paul's Splscopal Church on the down*^
side of Virginia City,

-AS' “

�KTevada (cont inued)

No. 162'

Old Fourth Ward School had^f stories and fancy
arches over the windows — but no fire escape/.

No. 163.

Once=bustling Main Street of Virginia City still

bustles, especially on weekends.

Town once

boasted 100 saloonsand a yearly consumption

of 75»000 gallons of hard liquor.

No. 164*

Delightful old piano nlayer orovides honkystonk
music in one of Virginia City's better beer Joints

No. 165 ‘

Snffine 27 of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad

stands idle on a short piece of track in Virginia

City.

' No. 166 » Much of the Vira-inla and Truckee line from Carson

City to Vir,yinia City was either high trestle or
deep rocky cut.

Note people standing on walkway

below tracks.

✓

No. 167 »

Beer wasron once hauled barrels of beer from the

brewery in background.

Many buildine-s

^^Cold Hill have been renovated by their owners
to be used as residences or summer homes.

�'Ifevada (GOXibliiLiud')'
No. 168*

The Gold Hill Hotel was built on the site of the
first recorded claim in town.

It also had the

distinction of being the first hotel in Nevada.

)

No. 169,

Massive head frame of the Yellow Jacket Mine
stands on Gold Hill’s Main Street.

Mine tapped

gold and silver from the south end of the Gomstock

Lode.

• No. 170

Freight wagon is one of many wagons sprinkled about

Gold Hill.

Residents are restoring a variety of

horse-drawn vehicles.

No. 171

Smelters at Monte Cristo began operating in 1866,

two years before the big strike at Treasure Hill,
several miles to the east.

grade local ore

Smelter processed lowss

never tasting the silver^bearing

rock of the big strike

due to Intervening raoun^^

tainous terrain.

No. 172

Local sedimentary rock laid up by experts resulted

in corners that have remained plumb for more than

180 years.

�y»w.da (oontlnuagi)
ISTo. 173

Interior of rock building In Monte Cristo
shows repeated efforts to brace roof against
collapse.

Ito. 174.

Hamilton’s business district held 101 saloons

and

stores doing general business.

The

double wall formed by adjacent buildings has
managed to survive.

Ho. 175

Arch of unknown building at north end of town
demonstrates a quality of workmanship that
proved unnecessary.

Hamilton was deserted five

years after it was incorcorated.

Ho. 176.

Storm clouds gather above Treasure Hill before
descending on the remnants of Hamilton's resi^

dentlal district.

Mo. 177.

The vault, a tall corner, and large basement are

all that is left of the Withinarton Hotel, one of
Hamilton's finest.

Mo. 178 ‘

Many of 1ites Treasure City’s buildings were several

stories high at the downhill end.
^with sparine: use of mortar.

I

Malls were laid

�■jJevaCla (caiifclnuii.d'
■fchoronghfare

No. 179’

Treasure City's main

jo^s occasionally

to miss open shafts.

Pogonlp Hld?e is in rljz:ht

background, with Pancake Hange in the distance.

No, 180'

Odd structure on mine dump above Treasure City

appears to have served as drive shaft or cable

pylon.

No. 181.

Buildings in Shermantown are nearly buried in

heavy growth.

Walls of second building can

barely be made out in left center of photo.

No. 182

A gasoline engine once powered this secondieffort
crusher mounted below small dam in center of town.
dwindled

Plow of water has yodwoo^ to a trickle, preventing

further operation.

No. 183

Chimney of Shermantown's adobe smelter was
U.
apparently never ^sed. Wooden forms still line

�rnoTJ rrzi^ jairTTgw^

No.

Tom Hay left one ghost town to move tato another.
Tom and his son are presently the sole residents
of Gardiner.

No. 185 J

of the better company houses left on Gardiner’s

Main Streetj as seen from remains of Imposing rock
structure^

No. 186 ,

Most of the 300 coke ovens In Gardiner were manned

by Italian crews.

The Italians were said to be

resistant to heat.
lighted

, No. 187 • Oven was filled with coal and charcoal, then 3^
and sealed off with bricks.

A day or so later,

coke was removed.

No. 188 - Mule drivers lined up for a picture.

Goal hauling

was considered a step above mining or coking.

No. 189 *

Foundations of coal washer fill the foreground.
Lamp house is at the rear.

No. 190 .Only a few of Dawson’s hundreds of homes are left
standing.

-So-

�■tew iaegicia-4'e'3n.tilnuQa )"^

‘Ho, 191*

Hui® barn was made of an early form of cinder

block.

Mules were brouo-ht out of the mines

once a month.

.No. 192.

Powerhouse, chimneys^and coke ovens cover a

larpre area at the east eds^e of Dawson.

'No. 193-

Italian headstone demonstrates the cosmopolitan

nature of the early citizenry In Dawson.

Grosses

in background are a small portion of the 400 graves
of mine disaster victims.

No. 19^ •

Dickman Hotel at Colfax operated under several names
and served a number of purposes.

At one time it was

a general merchandise store on the first level, with

IJooms for rent above.

No. 195.

Much planning went into the Colfax Grade School.
BuildInv also served as church.

No. 196.

Adobe ruins are found just north of the Colfax
School,

Hock water tank is in the backarround.

3/-

�New Me al o o (e
,

No. 197-

Inucd)

The only store in Gerrilios retains the fancy
letterinsr placed there by a movie company.

Owner has changed name at top of slfpi with a

minimum of effort.

.

No. 198.

Two elderly residents of Oerrillas died when the
rock hotel burned.

Remaining resldentSy^purchased

a fire engine

Wo. 199 ’
newly purchased fire ensrlne^ in CerrilloS.

* Wo. 200 • Long rows of unpainted homes

still line the streets

of Madrid .

' Wo. 201 .

Hotel on the main highway throuprh town once offered

board and bed to bachelor miners.

► Wo. 202 •

.

five-mile

,

Old 769 was kept busy making the

run to Waldo.

Train hauled coal out and water back to Madrid.

No. 203*

iMiners* Amusement Hall contained game rooms, club-rooms.
—seventy-five cents

and ball rooms.

Dues were

5 2.-

per month.

*—*

�Stew- Mqxioo (-eon-blnued)—

No. aoi)'

Gathollo Church of Madrid had unusual entrance
with storage beneath.

Structure was stucco^

covered adobe and rock.

No. 205.

Combination store and smithy at east end of
Moncrollon sports a classy false front above patch.'

work siding.

No. 206.

Old saloons, boarding houses^and stores have been
renovated to serve as theaty!^, summer residence^

and museum.

No. 207.

Panney Mine was the largest producer in the Mongollon

area.

Tallinsrs of the mine once slid down canyon,

wiping out the Maud S. Mlll^ and damming the creek

cassinar through town.
it closed

No. 208

The Pannev Mine has changed little since its

aIjisutt,

more than ^3^ years ago.

No. 209.

Miners of Mongollon showed great originality.

Head*^

boards and crosses in the cemetery were made of slate
concret^j^ even pipe and electrical conduit.

55

�Mexloo ■(-eant

» No. 210-

Althoucijh deeply carved, Inscription on old wooden
cross is difficult to make out.

No.

211,

The date is 1896.

Access to the old town of Shakespeare has been

limited since owner, Rita Hill, lost her crusade

ayainst the New Mexico Hlo^hway Department.

» No. 212 •

Several company stores occupied this 1onrock

buildlnfi? in Valedon’s business district.

No. 213

Most of the buildings in Valedon were blown up

to save

dent's

No

214 .

taxes.

Walls of store and superinten
survived the blast.

Hu^re opening leads to smaller shaft just below the

Atwood Mine at outskirts of Valedon.

No

215 ’

Henry Olay Mine stands idle in front of remains of
Valedon.

Old 85'**Mine, just above school*~house at

left, is still operating.

34 -

�Wo. 216’

Weathered old mill Is the most Impressive remnant
In Howardsvllle,

Wo. 217.

Anchor cable counteracted toppling effect of aerial

tramway.

Wo. 218

Main cable of tramway reversed direction by passing

around the **^urnabout wheel.

Wo. 219

Holst bar and old cabin are backdropoed by Macomber
Hematite Lake is Just over

Peak and Dome Mountain.
the notch.

Wo. 220

Miners’ shacks at 3ureka were placed well out on the

flats to escape snow slides spawned by barren slopes.

Wo. 221*

Stout timbers would! indicate W^ot this small structure
served oris'lnally as a water tower and was « later
adapted to other use.

Sunnyside Mill remains are

in the background.

Wo. 222 . Unnamed mine hanys precariously at top of talus
slope just east of 3ureka.

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�golora^ n (o -nnt

¥o. 233.

Larsre board ins^ouse at north end of Eureka is
poorly located.

Sprint floods and winter snoi^

slides threaten bulldlns^ annually.

No. 224•

In spite of its precarious location, old boarding^

house shows slyns of recent renovation.

No. 225 '

Old wayon axle lies partly awash.

Animas River,

gentle In summer, can rampage during spring run off.

No. 226 .

Hills around Animas Porks are occasionally snon&amp;

covered even In midsummer.

View from porch of

fancy house ^o^^looks a similar residence, the

Animas Hlver, remains of Golumbtts Mine and Mill.

A

No. 227 •

Most pretentious house in Animas Porks was the
home of Tom Walsh, discoverer of the Gamp Bird
Lode near Ouray.

No. 228 .

Dilapidated zM^ln street of Animas Porks shows a
variety of construction and renovation.

- ^6-

�‘Wo. 229,

Houffhton Mountain, source of many snowslides,
overlooks the old mill below

t Wo. 230.

Columbus Mine.

Fresh snow adds a dappled beauty to Ior dam
across the Animas Hlver, a mile or so dowrT^
stream from the town of Animas Porks.

‘Wo. 231 •

The Bae-ley Mine complex as seen through the re
mains of the Columbus Wine^

' Wo. 232.

Several build in,vs of the Bas-ley Mine, just west

of Animas Forks

were wined out bv recent snow'

slides.

•Wo. 233.

Little los: cabin of Irwin, Colorado, is dwarfed

by tall trees.

. Wo. 234*

The Forest Queen Mine

biggest silver producer

in the Huby Hange^

Wo. 235’

Steam tractor was used to power support machinery
at the Forest Queen.

Wo. 236-

Powered by a converted World War II

cable hoist of Forest Queen is still operable

�■JoloradQ (eowtlnuttel-^
♦No. 237‘

John Hahn, retired artillery officer, Is the
present owner of the Forest Queen Mine at Irwin.

No, 238*

Town Hall at Gothic was built In 1880

and has

since been frequently braced, cropped-and
supported.

3ven the outside stairs are placed

to counteract the lean.

No. 239 *

Old pay shack In Gothic has been restored without

benefit of paint,

Twelverthousandzfoot Mt. Gothic

Is In backarround.

No. 2^0.

Mountains to the north of Gothic are amonsc
Colorado’s most beautiful.

Ascen, worlds famous

ski area. Is Just over the top of Maroon and
Pyramid ^/P^aks,

No. 241 • St. 31mo, recently declared officially abandoned

by the governor's office, has been a ghost town
for many years,

.^No. 242 ’ The St. 31 mo Fire Company and City Hall.

Small,

many-sided structure at front Is a phone booth.

- 2-

�ttoloi'ailu (bdntinueH

No. 243«

Obviously, the Miner's lixchana^51ffn on door
correctly Indicates that fishing in the area
is good.

Sun and thin atmosphere of St. Slmo's high
altitude cause boards to

No. 245.

bleach and curl rapidly

Full moon hlerhllghts the fronts of buildings alon^
thoroughfare.

St. ilmo's main Wno^fayoi.

No. 2i^6

Huins of the western portion of Turret viewed

from a rocky outcrop In center of town^

No. 247.

City Hall overlooks central portion of Turret.

No. 248 ♦

Gregory Hotel has some of Its Interior walls
papered with old /ssues of the '^Gold Selt.*^

No. 249

Henson's Mercantile and Meat Market^viewed from
porch of Gregory Hotel.

No. 250

alternate format to 249

�No. 251.

Log post office In foreground^ and Turner resly

dence behind.

Turner Mine tunnel entered the

ground a few steps from the back door.

No. 252.

Hoofs of Turret catch the early morning light.

No. 253

Trees now furnish the shade once offered by
shlncled porch at rear entrance to Calumet's
zS^apre y3^at 1 on.

No. 254 •

The stasre station reached Its full/yttfoot length

when further construction was terminated by huge

boulder.

No. 255 •

Calumet's only residential building consists off^
leaning walls and droonlng remnants of a covered

porch.

No.

Small smelter Is the most Impressive building In
Wolf, one of Colorado's least:known ghost towns.

No. 257 * Long unused, boiler In Wolf's smelter has become a
prime nesting site for local birds.

�uolorai^o (
in Wolf/?

Mo. 250-

One of the finer homes

No. 259.

Trees 2:row in the middle of some homes in Wolf.
Only faint traces of streets can be made out in

this seldomivisited cohost town.

�UTAH-PHOTO pgsoaiPTiaw--^
• No. 260*

Sprln? Canyon

^lewed from a hill north of town)

shows clinic at ria:ht, company store in center,
community showers at left.

. No. 261.

This solid rock structure, like many in Sprint

Canyon, was decapitated to render it uninhabitable/K
and therefore untaxable.

. No. 262

No. 263

Rubble-strewn stens lead nowhere.

Company store in Spring Canyon sold general

chandise, including raeat^, groceries, clothinsrif^
even gasoline.

No. 264 •

Water hydrants were boxed in to prevent freeze-up
in cold weather.

No. 265

Lone street light, lonv unlit, overlooks remains

of south end of Soring Canyon.

No. 266

Large machine shed, is located in main canyon at

j the south end of Spring Canyon.

�ti^o. 267,

Ad for Never-aip overalls fills end of building
in longsdeserted town of Peerless, a fevi miles

below the town of Spring Canyon.

. No. 268.

Seemingly rusted in position, like the Tin i4an of
The Wizard of O2, this old orane stands immobile
on the outskirts of Standardvllle, Utah.

No. 269,

Offices of the Standard Mining Comuany overlook

the remains of Standardville.

'

No.

Giant blower once sent life-giving air through the
shafts and tunnels below Standardvllle.

'No. 271

Company offices of Latuda fill the narrow space

between Main Street and bluff behind.

« No. 272

Latuda's small jail is still in working order.
Note the cast-in-place roof.

No. 273.

Old ore cars stand before the Hains Coal Company
shops.

�No. 27^

Welcome to the Mutual Store.

Please watch your

step.

No. 275 '

Gattie wander through remains of old gas station
at north end of Mutual.

No. 276/

Longsunused shop of small unnamed coal mine above
Mutual^ offers scenic view of the head of Spring
Ganyon.

No. 277 •

Tall coal tipple stands in rigid support of plat­
form matching level of tunnel penetrating hill

behind.

No. 278

Walter B. Hanks was the only Bishop to hold

services in Gaineville's LDS (Latter'E'av Saints)
!

Church.

No. 279

Giant trees date this old cabin of Gaineville.

No. 280

Olive and Andrew Hunt of Gaineville and Giles
tend ajarden in Hanksville during the summer,
reside in Green Hiver in the winter.

Note I Olive has asked that her photo be left out.
I have asked for her permission again. If not
granted, I’ll cross out her face and ask
that the following caution be usedi

�^Utah (-continued-^

No. 280
(continued)
Andrew Hunt, of Giles, husband of Olive HuntX'
of Gaineville, tends garden in Hanksville

during the summer and resides in Green Hiver in
the winter.

No. 281

Old rock residence at west end of Giles once

catered to travelers on the Galnevllle--tO’Hanks—'''^

Ville road.

No. 282

Small cabin, overhung by large trees,' is birth­
place of Andrew Hunt, early resident of Giles,

Utah.

No. 283

Rock cabin of Notom, Utah, has lately been used
as an animal shelter.

No. 284

Small collapsed house ^^Notom, Utah, shows roof

denuded of shingles.

Washer dates last occupancy

approximately 1940.

•^No. 285 *l Machine shop in center catered to repair work for
\numerous mines in the Frisco area.

�■fBunLluued)

Wo. 286 I

One of

several crreat holes in the mountain

as seen from c&lt;}moany offices in mining area

Just west of Frisco^

•Mo, 28?

Small duff out residence had fancy raised kitchen
behind front room.

. Wo. 288•

Inside of fancy duF^cut shows ceiliny and walls in
need of repair.

No. 289’

Twin skips of the Horn Silver
had rock deflectors overhead.

Wo. 290

Wafe-fee. dump overlooks flats once occupied by the
west suburb of Frisco.

Wo

291

Alternate to 292

Wo. 292

Sunset over the King David

Wo. 293 -

Hotel, mote]^ and cafe, the last business to close
in Cisco^

-4/6. -

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