CarChurchillClarkDougElkoEsmeraldaEurekaHumboldtLanderLincolnLyonMineralNyePershingStoWashWhite Pine Most ghost towns in Nevada in the United States of America are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that weren't set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations. In Clark County settlements along the Colorado River have been submerged underneath the reservoirs of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave.