The Abandoned Town of Gilman

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The old mining town of Gilman was abandoned when the mine shut in 1984 and the EPA kicked everyone out due to contamination of the groundwater and pretty much everything else by mining activity.

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Tailings spill down the mountainsides from the old mines.

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Railroad tracks far below.

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