Here are a few images of the Cerro Gorgo ghost town. It's an old mining town where silver was discovered in 1865. It's located off CA395 in the mountains east of Owens Lake. It's an 8 mile drive, climbing about 5000' up a narrow dirt road to get there. In it's most active time, there were about 1500 miners working the area. Silver, lead and zinc were the primary ores taken from the mines, but there was a small amount of gold found also.

There are a lot of stories about how lawless it was back then but I assume those were stores that morphed over time. Currently, the town's owned by young you-tuber named Brant Underwood. He's currently trying to rehabilitate the town into a tourist destination, but he has a looooong way to go. Here are a few images from our visit.

Image one is a pano showing the remnants of the town. Owens Valley is on the left with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background. Just past the mine tailings on the right is a beautiful view of Death Valley. The remaining images are various pictures from around the town. The final image is a nice view of Owens Lake and the Sierra Nevada's. Mt Whitney, the highest peak in the continental US, is over on the right side of the mountain range. The water that normally fed into the Owens Lake has been diverted and is now a main source of water for Los Angeles.