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Calico Ghost town Calif


Nearly 127 years a go,the town of Calico was bustling with prospectors searching for its mineral riches.Silver was king hear and the Calico Mining district became one of the richest in the state. Born in March,1881,Calico could boast boomtown status,producing $86 million in borax,and a town
population of 1,200 with 22 saloons, China Town and a red light district.Over 500 mines,including the legendary Silver King,Oriental and Bismarck were the engines that drove Calico`s great wealth between the years of 1881 and 1907.Like most towns of the early West,when the price of silver
dropped from $1.31 an ounce to $.63,Calico became a ghost of its former self.Today,Calico is one of the few remaining original mining towns of the western United States.
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