Ballarat, CA - Gold Mining
A Living Ghost Town in California
Articles on:
Seldom Seen Slim, aka Charles
Ferge
Ballarat,
California
Seldom
Seen Slim and Shorty Harris
Desert Artists
James
Westborn Blair's MP3: Seldom Seen Slim
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Rhyolite,
Nevada - Ghost Town
Rhyolite, Nevada, a few miles west of Beatty, sprung up almost overnight
after Shorty Harris and his partner Ernest Cross found gold in 1904. Rhyolite
is located a little over six miles from the original gold discovery. It quickly
grew into a city of brick and stone buildings. Today you can find several remnants
of Rhyolite in its glory days, such as the old bank, schoolhouse, train station,
and the famous bottle house.
Randsburg,
Living Ghost Town
Randsburg, California is located southwest of Ridgecrest, just off of Highway
395. Gold was first discovered here in 1895 at the Yellow Aster Mine. The mines
of the area have produced over one million ounces of gold. Today the gold mining
activities have been replaced by tourists shopping for antiques, part-time prospectors,
and off-roaders looking for food and a rest stop.
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