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Bonanza Historic Mining Town

Bonanza, CO

A tiny surviving legal town surrounded by the remnants of a much larger silver-mining district. Historic buildings and mine traces remain, but the community is still inhabited and private property should be treated accordingly.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: colorado.com/bonanza/history-heritage/mines-gold-panning/bonanza

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