Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Laramie, Cody, Rawlins: felons, theatre, inspection)

[Poletop]

Hey Cpt... Goood to hear from you...You are up!

[CptnRn]

Next question: Originally they mined gold here, but now they mine for something that is even more valuable. There is something unusual about the main street of this town. What is the name of the town and what do they mine?

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

Next question: Originally they mined gold here, but now they mine for something that is even more valuable. There is something unusual about the main street of this town. What is the name of the town and what do they mine?

Hint: Parts of this town are in more then one state.

[jody_wy]

couldn't be Freedom even thought the street there is in 2 statwes and 3 counties, and it aways from Carribiou city gold mines, and even father from simplots smokey moutain phasphate mine....so beats me

[CptnRn]

Nope, not Freedom, although it has a similar main street. There is another one...


Hint...

[Poletop]

Tinton was once self-sustained and home to 200 people. It lies near the South Dakota/Wyoming border and was originally founded as a gold mining camp. Later, the mine produced lithium and feldspar and eventually tin. The current mining operation is going after something even more valuable than gold, Tantalum. Tantalum is a refractory metal that is practically chemically inert, and is also used in components of nuclear weapons. The town’s main street lies on the Wyoming–South Dakota border. Tinton is now posted by the current property owner, Tinton Enterprises. They are a commercial mining operation.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by Poletop

Tinton was once self-sustained and home to 200 people. It lies near the South Dakota/Wyoming border and was originally founded as a gold mining camp. Later, the mine produced lithium and feldspar and eventually tin. The current mining operation is going after something even more valuable than gold, Tantalum. Tantalum is a refractory metal that is practically chemically inert, and is also used in components of nuclear weapons. The town’s main street lies on the Wyoming–South Dakota border. Tinton is now posted by the current property owner, Tinton Enterprises. They are a commercial mining operation.

That is correct! Your turn.

On researching this further and looking at it in google maps satellite view, I'm beginning to think that the website on Wyoming ghost towns was incorrect saying:

Tinton, Wyoming: In the very back of spearfish canyon in south Dakota lies Tinton- a mining town that supposedly it's main street lies on the sd-wy border

it does appear to be within a few hundred feet of the border.

I had never heard of Tanalum before, interesting stuff:

Tantalum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tantalum, previously known as tantalium, is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. A rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal, tantalum is highly corrosion resistant and occurs naturally in the mineral tantalite, always together with the chemically similar niobium. It is part of the refractory metals group, which are widely used as minor component in alloys. The chemical inertness of tantalum makes it a valuable substance for laboratory equipment and a substitute for platinum, but its main use today is in tantalum capacitors in electronic equipment.

[Poletop]

Who was the first warden to be appointed by the state of Wyoming to the “Crossbar Hotel”?

[Claim Jumper]

Christine Whidden?

[Poletop]

Nope, the only Department of Correcetions officer that I can find for Christine Whidden is from Connecticut.

The warden that I am referring to was at the Wyoming State Penitentiary.