Ghost towns

[rsliman]

any one like exploring ghost towns?... this site give directions, tells the story of the town and explains what is still standing with pictures, it list them by state, either alphabetically, or by county, for most of the states.. it also has forums like this... pretty neat

http://www.ghosttowns.com/:D :D

[LauraA]

any one like exploring ghost towns?... this site give directions, tells the story of the town and explains what is still standing with pictures, it list them by state, either alphabetically, or by county, for most of the states.. it also has forums like this... pretty neat

http://www.ghosttowns.com/:D :D

The Ghost Towners forum is pretty good, although once in a while some weirdo slips in claiming to communicate with the spirits :eek: (Twilight Zone music playing)

Here's the link

http://forums.ghosttowns.com/index.php

[westy]

yah some of those posts on that site are interesting to say the least. lots of tales told, or so it sure seems.

speaking of ghost towns...anyone been out to red rover mine?

[DREDnot]

ghost towns and mines are my favorite
Haven't been to red rover yet but would like to go if its still accessible.
Gold Bar mill
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9930/dscn6400r1sw.jpg

Tip top brewery
http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/7559/tiptopbrewery0wb.jpg

[westy]

Cool pics.

I am not sure if it is accessible or not, or if anybody is there??

[johndorf]

Thanks for the link. I did a fair amount of reading over there. I grew up in the back of an old Bronco, checking out some of Arizona's best ghost towns... I would love to do a ghost town run. John

[weasel_ugs]

When we moved back here in 1980 we did alot of exploring for the ghost towns using the books of the time. Had alot of fun reading about them then going there. I have gone back to some of them recently and there is nothing left of most of them,are they any left? Don

[LauraA]

When we moved back here in 1980 we did alot of exploring for the ghost towns using the books of the time. Had alot of fun reading about them then going there. I have gone back to some of them recently and there is nothing left of most of them,are they any left? Don

Most of what we're finding in our area (Tonto Nat'l Forest, Salome Wilderness & Sierra Anchas) are the remains of small mining camps. Just the remnants of a few buildings, some mine shafts and various mining equipment laying scattered around. Unfortunately. vandals have pretty much stripped these places so it's pretty tough to get an idea of what must have gone on there.
We've also found some old ranch sites scattered around the Greenback Valley area and in the areas surrounding Roosevelt Lake. We haven't found anything that we'd qualify as a real ghost town. I'm afraid a lot of them out this way lie somewhere beneath Roosevelt Lake.