California
The San Francisco Bay Area
Alcatraz -
Famous ghost prison of San Francisco.
Alviso -
Historic town now part of San Jose.
Drawbridge -
An unusual hunter's ghost
town on the edge of San Francisco Bay.
New Idria - The remnants
of mercury mining in the Diablo mountains.
Gold Country
Amador
City - This early mining camp is now a stop on the tourist
itinerary.
Bridgeport
- The longest single-span covered bridge in the United States.
Butte City - The shell
of the general store.
Campo Seco - Small
town with some impressive stone ruins.
Columbia -
The "Gem of the Southern Mines", now a state park.
Coulterville - A
well-preserved mining supply town.
Dutch Flat -
Hydraulic-mining and transportation center.
Fiddletown -
Superbly preserved 1850's supply town.
French
Corral - A nicely preserved Wells Fargo Express
building from 1853.
Gold
Run - An early hydraulic mining town.
Hornitos -
A small, sleepy town with many gold-rush era remains, including
the original Ghirardelli store.
Knight's Ferry - Old
mill town with the longest covered bridge in the western United States.
La Grange - Some original
structures left in this old French mining colony.
La Porte -
A once-bustling centre for hydraulic mining in Plumas County.
Lotus - A relic of the
gold rush days with an old cemetary.
Mokelumne Hill - Picturesque
mining town with many historic buildings.
New
Chicago - A once bustling mining town in Amador
County.
North
Bloomfield - Inside the Malakoff Diggins State Historic
Park -- a must see!
North
San Juan - A town that supported nearby hydraulic
mining.
Smartville -
Small gold town west of Grass Valley.
Timbuctoo -
Only
the Wells Fargo Express office remains.
Volcano -
Rich mining area with an interesting civil war history.
Death Valley
Ballarat -
Famous mining town and one-time home of Charles Manson.
Cerro Gordo -
"Fat Mountain", high up in the Inyo Mountains.
Darwin -
A silver town at the base of Mount Ophir.
Dolomite - The remains
of a small mining town at the foot of the Inyos.
Eureka Mine
and Aguereberry Camp - Interesting mine remnants to explore.
Keane
Wonder Mine & Mill - An early 20th century gold
mine and one of the must-see sites of Death Valley.
Keeler - On the shores
of Owens (dry) Lake, a shipping point for ore to the smelters at Cartago.
Mock - Only
a few scattered boards mark the site of Mock.
Skidoo -
Some scattered remains are all that is left of once prosperous
Skidoo.
Swansea - Silver-lead
furnaces on the edge of Owens Lake.
White Mountain City - Remembered
for its part in an election fraud.
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns - Well-preserved
charcoal and lime kilns in Wildrose Canyon.
The
Eastern Sierras
Benton
Hot Springs - A 19th century rest stop near Bodie.
Bodie - Famous gold
town turned into an historic park -- a must see!
Chemung Mine -
A lot to explore in these ruins near Masonic.
Masonic -
Ghost town north of Bodie.
Southern California
Kelso -
A train station in the Mojave desert that died with the advent
of diesel engines.