Saturday, September 26, 2009
Silver City
This old mining town sits at 7,000 ft in the Owyhee mountains, surrounded by nothing but BLM land. In its heydey it had 2500 people, 400 buildings, and 250 working mines in the surrounding area. Now it's down to 12 summer residents (only 1 in winter resident), 30 or so buildings, and no mines. 
Here I am enjoying the view from the bar/restaurant/hotel, one of only two businesses in town
Here's the old drugstore
Here's an old mine shaft (right behind the church!)
This car used to provide the engine power to move ore up a mine shaft# posted by Brynne Harald Noah @ 4:10 AM 
