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<p>Rustic buildings date back to mining days in Silver City, Idaho. Tucked below the summits of the 8,000-foot-high Owyhee Mountains, sits a once-booming mining town. Today, about 150 years since it was founded, sits Silver City - fatigued and worn, yet boasting of character and history - one of the Gem State's most iconic ghost towns.</p>

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Living the past
May 19, 2013 9 p.m.

Living the past

Silver City clings to roots and ghost town status