Now that high-country hiking to old abandoned mining camps has come to an end with the October snow, I’m looking forward to settling in this winter and learning what the hell I was looking at. I ...

Mining camps and the cities that grew from their profits are chronicled mostly by two kinds of narratives: rags to riches stories and soiled doves’ tales. General histories filled with pages of ...

One thing about a number of Nevada mining camps is that their names often left no doubt about their reasons for existing. So we have Goldfield, Silver City, Metallic City—and Prospect. Located in the ...

Seven Troughs is evidence of the temporary nature of most mining camps. Today, only a few stone foundations and a rusting headframe to mark its location, and it may not be long before it is completely ...

For a chance to strike it rich in gold and silver, Colorado's early prospectors grew fixed on taming its wildest canyons, where they carved rail corridors into mountains and constructed stage roads ...

Located 18 miles south of Tucson near the Sierrita Mountains and organized in 1877, the Pima Mining District had humble beginnings with several small mining camps. Deposits of copper, silver, lead, ...

Based out of Vail Mountain School and visiting Booth Creek and nearby local public lands, campers should be prepared to be outside all day and ready to get dirty as they explore Colorado mining ...