Goldfield Ghost Town

So this is Goldfield.

At seven in the early morning, I found out that this is the way to see a ghost town.  

All by yourself.

All I was there for was to get a better shot of the snow on Superstition.  But this was neat.  I walked around being the only person there.

I think that building with the round dome was the . . .uhhh . . . .  'soiled doves' home.  Or 'ladies of the evening'. 

Who knows.   I'm doubting that this was a real brothel.  This was just a rough old mining town in the 1890's with more saloons that anything else.  Although, could be, I guess.

There's a book called 'Soiled Doves'  that about women in these kind of towns who were prostitutes in those days.  It's actually kinda of a sad read.  Those poor ladies.  The diseases - the lack of proper nutrition - the treatment they got from men - the complete low self images they had of themselves.  I didn't think I'd come out of that book feeling as sorry for them as I did.   Very hard life then.

Some people were up, though.  Those early morning chores  do call.