Terlingua Ghost Town
Before it was a Ghost Town, this was the site of the Chisos Mine.
The discovery of cinnabar, from which the metal mercury is extracted, in the mid-1880s brought miners to the area, creating a city of 2,000 people.
Workers slaved in the hot sun and deep in the mineshafts to extract cinnabar, the raw ore that produces mercury.
By the 1940’s the mines had dried up, leaving a ghost town behind.