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Bookmark or Share- Cerro Gordo: The Abandoned California Boomtown That Went BustCerro Gordo was once a thriving, albeit violent, California mining town. It was a major producer of silver, lead, and zinc, but over the last century, it has become a ghost town with only one resident — its groundskeeper.
- Cerro Gordo, California - WikipediaCerro Gordo is a former settlement in Inyo County, California, United States, and was primarily a silver mining town based around the Cerro Gordo Mines. At its height, hundreds of dwellings dotted the landscape, while miners sought their fortunes.
- Visiting Cerro Gordo Ghost Town in the Inyo Mountains in CaliforniaThe Cerro Gordo Ghost Town is one of the best-preserved ghost towns I ever visited. I have been to other so-called “ghost towns” but they were more like a tourist trap. Cerro Gordo which means “fat hill” in Spanish was a bustling silver mine.
- Cerro Gordo Mines - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024) - TripadvisorCerro Gordo (Fat Hill) is a historical privately owned ghost town in the Inyo Mountains adjacent to Lone Pine in the Owens Valley. The high grade silver mines here provided the financial support to fund a sleepy little town called Los Angeles, to grow into what it is today.
- California ghost town with a bloody past suffers a new calamityThe California ghost town of Cerro Gordo was once legendary for its violence. Now, a mysterious fire has destroyed its famed American Hotel.
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