Tinton
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 0
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -104.049
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: Founded in 1876, it started out as a gold mining camp and later began to produce tin.
History
Tinton is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. Founded in 1876, it started out as a gold mining camp and later began to produce tin. It had a heavy decline in the early 20th century due to the decline in the mining industry, and the town was fully abandoned by the 1950s. Beginning in 1937, it was home to the Dakota Tin and Gold Mine, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.