Many are ghost towns now..........they were only built b/c of the gold rush........no gold...........no town..

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But like other gold camps, Goldfield's bustling days were quickly dashed when the ... until a man named George Young, who was the secretary of Arizona and the acting ... In 1966, Robert F. “Bob” Schoose, a long time ghost town, mining, and ...