I think I may have been born late. The reason I think this is the case is due to the fact that I really think living in a ghost town would be a good idea. There's one man that knows what that's like because he's been doing it for more than a year and has shared his story.
There's gold in them there hills. Or, at least there used to be. Explorers recently found a way into the now abandoned Union gold and silver mine to see what remains hundreds of feet under the Earth.
It’s not exactly the famous gold rush of the 1800's but there’s some drilling going on near Rochford, South Dakota which may indicate there still gold those hills.
Want to check out the modern mining techniques used in the Black Hills? In 1940 that is. I found this educational movie about the Homestake Mine and Lead, SD online. It's cool to see how things looked in the Black Hills in 1940 and to see the mine running at full steam.