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Ghost Town Revived by Gold Miners
Vanderbilt California sees a revival as Heavy Metals Corp begins a 2.3 million operation to extract gold, copper and silver near the ghost town. Led by Jack Jordan the crew drills a vein 600 feet long yielding ore worth about 50 dollars per ton. The town was named after Cornelius Vanderbilt, though he never visited.
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Vanderbilt, Cali
Wyatt Marp
Virgil
Barren Hills
Jack Jordan
Elds
Jordan
Veia
U. S
California
Harves Tol
Vanderbilt
Cornelius