It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes ...

These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave ... the end of town, a shuttered train depot bakes beneath the desert sun.