Mines

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

The crumbling remains of a gold mine that was operational in the 1930s.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.