Rochester
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1912
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.289, -118.170
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: Lower Rochester is still accessible to visitors, but was largely destroyed by a wildfire in 2012; Upper Rochester has been buried under mine tailings of the more recent Coeur Rochester open pit mine.
History
Rochester was a silver-mining town in Pershing County, Nevada, US, approximately 110 mi (180 km) east of Reno. It is now a ghost town. Lower Rochester is still accessible to visitors, but was largely destroyed by a wildfire in 2012; Upper Rochester has been buried under mine tailings of the more recent Coeur Rochester open pit mine.