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Infiltration Forums > UE Photography > Cliffhanger Ghost Town(Viewed 1501 times)
Weirdlig   |  | 
Cliffhanger Ghost Town
< on 11/12/2020 2:17 AM >
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I finally knocked something off the bucket list this year with this ghost town. The town was incorporated in 1886 and soon became the most successful mining area in the county. It was almost entirely destroyed by fire in 1899 but was rebuilt to continue harvesting of the abundant minerals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc. The area was mined until 1984 when the EPA deemed the water toxic and it was declared a Superfund site two years later. The town still sits decaying over a mountain cliff as has had some ludicrous redevelopment proposals such as a ski resort for rich people despite the toxicity of the water and soil. Attempts to clean up the land and mines are ongoing to this day.

These shots are from three trips over a couple of months. I was really disappointed with the amount of graffiti and vandalism but the town and area itself was astonishing. I'd never seen anything quite like this place. Having explored most of the buildings on the upper side, we located a hotel, shops, bank, apartments, rec center with bowling alley, mechanic shops, laboratory, mills, houses and a hospital. And on two of the trips I found pyrite!


1.

Windowless Shopping
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


2.

Thin Skinned
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


3.

Raise The Roof
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


4.

No Society
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


5.

Locker Room Talk
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


6.

Going Down
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


7.

Hotel Colorado II
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


8.

Blood Bath
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


9.

It Takes A Village
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


10.

Mark It Eight, Dude
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


11.

Separate The Church And Skate
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


12.

In and Out
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


13.

Let Off The Hook
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


14.

Hanging With The Boys
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


15.

Escape Plan
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


16.

Time To Lean
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


17.

Sorry About The Mess
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


18.

Rumor Mill
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


19.

Blow Your Mind
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


20.

Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


21.

Bowled Over
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


22.

By The Numbers
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


23.

Hung Out To Dry
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


24.

Face Value
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


25.

In A Bad Light I
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


26.

I Saw A Man That Wasn't There
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


27.

In A Bad Light II
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


28.

Behind Bars
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


29.

Fork In The Road
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


30.

All The Pieces Fall Out Of Place
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


31.

Held Accountable
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


32.

Sleep Paralysis
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


33.

Window Of Opportunity
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


34.

Elevator Music
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


35.

Arch Enemy
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


36.

A Counsel Of Despair
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


37.

MTV Cribs
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


38.

Eczema
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


39.

Hotel Colorado I
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


40.

Bull In A China Shop
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


41.

Bill Nye's Science Sty
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


42.

Little Boxes Made Of Ticky Tacky
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


43.

Shadow Theater
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


44.

Green Room
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


45.

Break The Bank
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr


46.

Hidden In Plain Sight
by ⓦeͤ █ iͥ rͬ dͩLiͥ █ G̷̃̊̏̂̓͂̅, on Flickr



~fin~


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Weirdlig   |  | 
Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 1 on 11/12/2020 2:19 AM >
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Here's the pyrite for the curious


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coten22 location:
Montreal
 
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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 2 on 11/12/2020 2:24 AM >
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Beautiful place!



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 3 on 11/12/2020 2:49 AM >
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this place looks awesome!



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corvidcache location:
Oregon
 
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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 4 on 11/12/2020 2:56 AM >
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These are great! What were the hooks/baskets in the locker room (like #13)?



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 5 on 11/12/2020 3:47 AM >
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Posted by coten22
Beautiful place!


Posted by xlookex
this place looks awesome!


Thank you both!


Posted by xlookex
this place looks awesome!


Thank you! The baskets are what the mill workers would put their stuff in and they would hang their wet clothes from the hooks. The chains were then pulled to raise the baskets to the ceiling where the heat would rise to allow the clothes to dry and protect their belongings.



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 6 on 11/12/2020 4:02 AM >
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THIS IS SO GOOD. Really cool spot. And, great captures.



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 7 on 11/12/2020 5:05 AM >
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Good shit right here



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 8 on 11/12/2020 5:09 AM >
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5, 13 and 14 get my vote for the coolest The rest are very Awesome Too!



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 9 on 11/12/2020 5:47 AM >
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wow for real


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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 10 on 11/12/2020 1:23 PM >
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Phenomenal set! Really cool spot.



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 11 on 11/12/2020 3:00 PM >
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I love everything about this set (though the graffiti is unfortunate, but of course that can't be helped)...great work! Truly an epically fascinating explore. Thanks for sharing!
I like thay pyrite, too...I was exploring an old mining town a few years ago and found some chunks of anthracite coal that I ended up keeping.



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Deconstrukt location:
Montreal
 
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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 12 on 11/12/2020 5:08 PM >
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Really nice set of pictures, you greatly captured the ambience there.

Sad to see so many graffiti on most buildings, IIRC there was already a lot of graffiti 5 years go but I don't remember seeing THAT many during my visit. Those tiny houses were super cool and creepy inside!

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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 13 on 11/12/2020 6:42 PM >
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wow, that first pic with the snowy mountain in the background is beautyy

love all the rooftop pics, great explore!



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 14 on 11/12/2020 7:44 PM >
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Sweet explore



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 15 on 11/13/2020 4:29 PM >
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Wow cool location and awesome set. It looks like this spot is right in a valley, the mountain views are gorgeous! The locker room in #5+22 is really cool, I've never seen lockers like that before. I actually thought they were some sort of jail cells at first. I love the look of them. The old crib in #37 is neat too. So sad about all the vandalism there though. Thanks for sharing.



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 16 on 11/14/2020 6:09 AM >
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This is a certified bucket list worthy location.. Amazing pictures!



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 17 on 12/18/2020 7:52 PM >
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nice shots!!! Glad to see you still here!



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 18 on 12/24/2020 5:05 AM >
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I believe I was here a few weeks earlier than you were. It was a great place to explore.

I'm not sure what's going into that spot now, but a friend of mine stopped there a month or two ago and saw workers everywhere. I wonder if this is the end for the property.



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Re: Cliffhanger Ghost Town
<Reply # 19 on 12/24/2020 8:04 AM >
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I don't think it's demo. But, they're like, addressing safety concerns or something. And keeping it for historical purposes. Something like that.



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