By 1867, much of the population had taken off for a nearby and more prosperous mining town called Belmont ... way off the ...

Not all ghost towns are alike ... Unlike many other boomtowns, Belmont—tucked away in the central Nevada hills about 50 miles northeast of Tonopah—enjoyed an unusually long 20-year growth ...

Driven out of Nevada Most ghost towns in Nevada — like Rhyolite, Belmont and Delamar — began as boomtowns, Green said. White settlers sought work mining in Nevada’s mountains and hills ...

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost towns and valleys in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during ...