Western Mining History will continue to document the history of mining and mining towns in the West. In addition I hope that the site can fill important new roles in education and preservation of our mining heritage. Your donation will ensure that this work will be able to continue.

Town profiles have been added for Courtland, Arizona;
Gleeson, Arizona; Lowell, Arizona; Pearce, Arizona; Warren, Arizona.

Town profiles have been added for Julian, California; Randsburg, California; Skidoo, California; Rhyolite, Nevada; and Vulture City, Arizona.

I've had a lot of inquiries about just who is behind this website. I thought it was overdue to provide that explanation so here it is!

WMH has had a bunch of miscellaneous changes and updates over the last few months and I wanted to summarize those here.

The definition of a ghost town varies widely in the minds of enthusiasts and across the Internet on ghost town-related web sites. This post brings some clarification to how the term is used here at Western Mining History.

Arcadia Publishing produces another outstanding publication in its Images of America series, this time with a book about Austin, Nevada.

Town profiles have been added for Columbia, California; Fiddletown, California; Murphys, California; Volcano, California

I get a lot of inquiries as to why is a certain town not listed in the WMH mining towns section or even why are so many towns missing from a state? I thought I'd clarify the issue in a blog post so please read on.

I have scanned and uploaded 24 images from postcards and prints I've had lying around for a while.