Boo! Okay it’s a little late for a Halloween scare, but I have been sitting on this ghostly blog for a while now since we visited South Pass City in Wyoming and saw this nearby unrestored mining ghost town of Miner’s Delight.
Also known as Hamilton City (yeah that Hamilton), this 1870’s gold rush town came and went in a blink of an eye. Fifteen structures remain of this town that once housed a bustling 75-100 men and women. With its multiday travel distance from railroads, it was difficult to mine enough gold here to make it worth one’s while to cart equipment hundreds of miles from the train. Many tried, everyone failed, even up to the great depression they tried, but to no avail. This area was even passed over by emigrants seeking their riches in the 1849 California gold rush though the Oregon Trail passed mere miles away from this location.
These structures are maintained and stabilized by the BLM, but intentionally left in their ramshackle state as a testament to their history and the desire to let observers see what it truly looked like back then. So I obliged by taking pictures and posting this pictorial. Enjoy and leave your comments by following the link under the article title.
