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Burke
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⚒️ Mines & quarries

Burke

Ghost town · United States

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
1887
Population
—
Coordinates
47.520, -115.820
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Why it was abandoned

⚒️ Mines & quarries

Detected automatically from the text: Когда-то процветающий город, занимавшийся добычей серебра, свинца и цинка, в середине XX века после закрытия нескольких шахт пережил значительный упадок.

History

Burke is a ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, established in 1887. Once a thriving silver, lead and zinc mining community, the town saw significant decline in the mid-twentieth century after the closure of several mines.

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