Bald Mountain City - Wyoming Ghost Town

BALD MOUNTAIN CITY

NAME: Bald Mountain City
COUNTY: Sheridan
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Mountain climate; impassible in winter, mild in summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer months.

COMMENTS: No current residents. The city's remains lie just east of the Medicine Wheel National Historic Site in the Big Horn National Forest, just off Highway 14A.
No buildings remain standing, only log foundations, metal scrap, etc. Look for clumps of trees where buildings once stood.
REMAINS: No buildings remain standing; some foundations remain.

Discoveries of fine-grained gold north of Bald Mountain were made in 1890. "Gold Fever" brought many prospectors to the area over the next 10 years. In 1892, the Fortunatas Mining and Milling Company purchased a group of claims on the head of the Little Horn River and Porcupine Creek. The excitement led to the establishment of Bald Mountain City, the most extensive attempt at a settlement in the Big Horn Mountains. The gold rush ended by 1900 because yields were not enough to pay for the effort of panning. SUBMITTED BY: Kevin J. Tupps.	Bald Mountain City Courtesy Ryan Hill

Discoveries of fine-grained gold north of Bald Mountain were made in 1890. "Gold Fever" brought many prospectors to the area over the next 10 years. In 1892, the Fortunatas Mining and Milling Company purchased a group of claims on the head of the Little Horn River and Porcupine Creek. The excitement led to the establishment of Bald Mountain City, the most extensive attempt at a settlement in the Big Horn Mountains. The gold rush ended by 1900 because yields were not enough to pay for the effort of panning. SUBMITTED BY: Kevin J. Tupps.

Bald Mountain City
Courtesy Ryan Hill

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