Near Atlantic City in Fremont County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
Miners Delight: The Booms Broken Promises
The Booms Broken Promises
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 24, 2014
1. Miners Delight Marker
Caption: Miners Delight shaft hoist, 1974.
Inscription.
Miners Delight: The Booms Broken Promises. The Booms Broken Promises. As the news of gold spread, the Sweetwater Mining District filled with miners who established Hamilton City about two miles east of here in 1867. The following year, the name of the town changed to Miners Delight, after a highly productive nearby mine. The Miners Delight mine produced the greatest wealth of any in the mining district while the town remained the smallest and most isolated. According to a 1916 government report, the Miners Delight mine and surrounding placers has produced over $2.5 million. The towns population peaked around 100 in 1868. Its residents built log cabins, saloons, general stores, a hotel, and a stamp mill. , By 1870, the gold boom had ended. Over the next 70 years, the deserted town witnessed several mini-booms that brought a short-lived rush of people to Miners Delight. The last resident left in the 1970s, at which time the Bureau of Land Management purchased the towns buildings. Now, only ruins of the once booming town remain.
As the news of gold spread, the Sweetwater Mining District filled with miners who established Hamilton City about two miles east of here in 1867. The following year, the name of the town changed to Miners Delight, after a highly productive nearby mine. The Miners Delight mine produced the greatest wealth of any in the mining district while the town remained the smallest and most isolated. According to a 1916 government report, the Miners Delight mine and surrounding placers has produced over $2.5 million. The towns population peaked around 100 in 1868. Its residents built log cabins, saloons, general stores, a hotel, and a stamp mill.
By 1870, the gold boom had ended. Over the next 70 years, the deserted town witnessed several mini-booms that brought a short-lived rush of people to Miners Delight. The last resident left in the 1970s, at which time the Bureau of Land Management purchased the towns buildings. Now, only ruins of the once booming town remain.
Erected by Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming.
108° 43.201′ W. Marker is near Atlantic City, Wyoming, in Fremont County. It is at the intersection of Atlantic City Road and Fort Stambaugh Loop, on the left when traveling south on Atlantic City Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lander WY 82520, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Wind River Country. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Gold was first discovered here in Spring Gulch in 1867 and within no time, a mining camp sprang up that was named Hamilton City. However, because the largest and most productive mine, located on Peabody Hill, was called Miners Delight, most people called the town by the same name.(Submitted on January 5, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 987 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 5, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
