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Burke, Idaho: A Modern Ghost Town and a Lesson in Economics Pt. 6, The End.

So...here we are. The end of an era. That phrase..."The end of an era"...has been so overused. Perhaps...just perhaps...it's use here lacks the correct..."gravity".

In Part 5, I showed you photos of the Hecla Mining operation...or, more specifically, the ruins that still exist. I stated that even though mining operations had long since ceased, Hecla's main headquarters continued to function in Burke all the way into 1982. And then...the inevitable finally happened; they closed…

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Added by Chris Stookey on August 5, 2012 at 16:06 — 3 Comments

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