Nevada ghost towns

Towns

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Counties

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With photographs

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All Nevada ghost towns

1. 01AuroraMineral County3 min readIn 1862 Samuel Clemens came to Aurora, Nevada, failed as a miner, and began writing the letters that led to his career as Mark Twain. The ore ran out by 1870.
2. 02CandelariaMineral County4 min readIn Candelaria, Nevada, water sold for ten cents a gallon while whiskey cost a quarter. The silver boomtown had eleven saloons and almost no water to drink.