5The Ghost Town of Cerro Gordo
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Cerro Gordo is a former mining town located in the Inyo Mountains. Founded in 1867, it once included brothels, hotels, and saloons. In the late 1870s, however, the price of silver dropped and it was abandoned. No less than 30 men died in the Cerro Gordo mines. Currently, the resident owner, Brent Underwood, has reported such unsettling events as books falling from shelves by themselves and lights coming on in abandoned buildings. Visitors to the town’s American Hotel reported spectral energies and strange sightings until it mysteriously burned down in June of 2020.
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