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Array ( [0] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-09-19 [feed_date_formatted] => September 19, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/colorado/empire_co/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: Empire, Colorado [feed_description] => Settled in 1860, Empire is one of the oldest mining camps in Colorado. The town was the site of a local boom with the 1862 discovery of the Tenth Legion mine [feed_photo] => ) [1] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-09-14 [feed_date_formatted] => September 14, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/wyoming/south_pass_city/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: South Pass City, Wyoming [feed_description] => The first significant gold discovery in the South Pass area occurred in 1867 and a rush was on. South Pass City became the largest camp in the new district, and in 1868 became the second incorporated city in Wyoming. [feed_photo] => ) [2] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-09-05 [feed_date_formatted] => September 5, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/colorado/st-elmo/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: St. Elmo, Colorado [feed_description] => St. Elmo, originally named Forest City, was settled near the Mary Murphy Mine in the late 1870�s. The town thrived during the 1880�s as the local mines employed hundreds of men and were producing millions of dollars a year in gold and silver. [feed_photo] => ) [3] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-09-04 [feed_date_formatted] => September 4, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/colorado/marble/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: Marble, Colorado [feed_description] => A world-class deposit of marble was discovered in a remote section of Colorado wilderness in 1873. The discovery was made at what would become known as the Crystal River Valley, one of Colorado's most spectacular locations. The town of Marble would be settled in the valley below the marble deposit, but not until many years later. [feed_photo] => ) [4] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-08-30 [feed_date_formatted] => August 30, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/idaho/silver-city/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: Silver City, Idaho [feed_description] => Silver City was at the center of one of the West's greatest silver discoveries. The ore deposits at Silver City were so rich that armed conflicts erupted over control of key mines. [feed_photo] => ) [5] => Array ( [feed_date] => 2018-08-23 [feed_date_formatted] => August 23, 2018 [feed_type] => TOWN [feed_url] => https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/idaho/bayhorse/ [feed_title] => Featured Mining Town: Bayhorse, Idaho [feed_description] => Established in 1877, Bayhorse was the first major mining camp in central Idaho's Salmon River country. The silver mines at Bayhorse were rich, and the camp had a long history of development well into the 1900's. Today Bayhorse is a ghost town and is preserved as a state park. [feed_photo] => ) )