Panamint City
Cidade fantasma · Estados Unidos
- Abandonado
- desconhecido
- Fundado
- —
- População
- —
- Coordenadas
- 36.118, -117.095
Por que foi abandonado
⚒️ Minas e pedreiras
Detectado automaticamente a partir do texto: Panamint was a boom town founded after silver and copper were found there in 1872.
História
Panamint City is a ghost town in the Panamint Range, near Death Valley, in Inyo County, California, US. It is also known by the official Board of Geographic Names as Panamint. Panamint was a boom town founded after silver and copper were found there in 1872. By 1874, the town had a population of about 2,000. Its main street was one mile (1.6 km) long. Panamint had its own newspaper, the Panamint News. Silver was the principal product mined in the area. The town is located about three miles northwest of Sentinel Peak. According to the National Geographic Names Database, NAD27 latitude and longitude for the locale are 36°07′06″N 117°05′43″W, and the feature ID number is 1661185. The elevation of this location is identified as being 6,280 feet AMSL. The similar-sounding Panamint Springs, California, is located about 25.8 miles at 306.4 degrees off true north near Panamint Junction.
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