Leadfield, CA
Posted by: 
bluesnote
N 36° 50.900 W 117° 03.550
11S E 494724 N 4078048
This once was a huge mining town, but now, it is a ghost town.
Waymark Code: WMDTQD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2012
Views: 12
This was a mine and a town, but all within a few months, it became a ghost town. "This was a mining boom town founded on wild and distorted advertising 300 hopeful people swarmed here and a post office was established in august, 1926. In February 1927, the post office was closed and the town died." "Leadfield was an unincorporated community, and historic mining town in Inyo County, California. It is now a ghost town. It is located in Titus Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains, east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park. Leadfield lies at an elevation of 4058 feet (1237 m). It is on the National Register of Historic Places." wikipedia
Reason for Abandonment: Economic
Date Abandoned: 02/01/1926
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