At the end of town ... Nevada’s mining history began. Ten years later, the Comstock Lode—one of the richest silver strikes in history—put Washoe, as the area was then known, on the map.

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost ... in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during the area's ...

Driven out of Nevada Most ghost towns in Nevada — like Rhyolite, Belmont and Delamar — began as boomtowns, Green said. White settlers sought work mining in Nevada’s mountains and hills ...

But the town of Pioche, Nevada claims to ... This is where Pioche's mining history relics are preserved, including some of the original silver ore mined in the area. With Pioche's high body ...

make a pit stop in Nevada City, a ghost town situated roughly 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park. The restored former gold mining town boasts many original log structures along with a ...