Tinton - Wyoming Ghost Town

TINTON

NAME: Tinton
COUNTY: Crook
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Snow in winter-hot in summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer.

COMMENTS: In the very back of spearfish canyon in south Dakota lies Tinton- a mining town that supposedly it's main street lies on the sd-wy border
.REMAINS: About 10-12 buildings visible from the road..

I dont know. I used to go there when I was a kid and I know it is still there. Hunters go there and hunt deer in the area and thats how i heard of it. I once dug into one of the walls and found newspaper clippings that were over fifty years old. SUBMITTED BY: Kevin Dye The town is now posted by the current property owner, Tinton Enterprises. They are a commercial mining operation. The town was initially a gold mining town, but the deposits played out. The current mining operation is going after something even more valuable than gold, Tantalum. Tantalum is a refractory metal, that is practically chemically inert, and is also used in components of nuclear weapons. Submitted by: Gerald Traylor	Tinton Courtesy Gerald Traylor

I dont know. I used to go there when I was a kid and I know it is still there. Hunters go there and hunt deer in the area and thats how i heard of it. I once dug into one of the walls and found newspaper clippings that were over fifty years old. SUBMITTED BY: Kevin Dye

The town is now posted by the current property owner, Tinton Enterprises. They are a commercial mining operation.

The town was initially a gold mining town, but the deposits played out. The current mining operation is going after something even more valuable than gold, Tantalum. Tantalum is a refractory metal, that is practically chemically inert, and is also used in components of nuclear weapons.

Submitted by: Gerald Traylor

Tinton
Courtesy Gerald Traylor

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