spookysouthwest: Once a well-known hub of silver mining, Lake Valley got its riches in the late 19th
spookysouthwest: Once a well-known hub of silver mining, Lake Valley got its riches in the late 19th century from a single vein that produced an abundance that made the town of 4,000 quite wealthy. But as is common in mineral mining, the riches eventually became depleted, and Lake Valley soon had nothing with which to support itself. It is now a ghost town in the arid hills of southern New Mexico, crumbling and dilapidated. -- source link