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This is a list of some notable ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. A ghost town is a former community that now has no year-round residents or less than 1% of its peak population. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist. Due to incomplete records, no exhaustive list can be produced.
Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States.The Gilman post office operated from November 3, 1886, until April 22, 1986. [3] The U.S. Post Office at Minturn (ZIP Code 81645) now serves Gilman postal addresses.
And the town near Hildebran, N.C., called District 12, which was used in "The Hunger Games," was also up for sale earlier this year for $1.4 million. %Gallery-152289% More on AOL Real Estate :
Here are six abandoned historic homes for sale that you can buy right now. Located in the quaint town of Milton, North Carolina, the Gordon-Brandon House was possibly built circa 1850 by a local ...
Uravan (a contraction of uranium/vanadium [2]) is a former uranium mining town [3] in western Montrose County, Colorado, United States, which still appears on some maps.The town was a company town established by U. S. Vanadium Corporation in 1936 to extract the rich vanadium ore in the region.
Near Aspen, Colorado, the mining town of Ashcroft had 2,000 residents and 20 saloons in 1883 but was abandoned 5 years later. Here's a look at it now.
One of the mines in the community, Calumet No. 2, was briefly owned by Henry J. Kaiser and maintained by Kaiser Steel [1] between 1924 and 1971. Although small even for an underground coal mine, in 1961, the Calumet Mine was the county's leading producer. [2]
Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. [3] The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management . At an elevation of 11,185 feet (3,409 m), Animas Forks is one of the highest mining camps in North America.