Addie Camp Ghost Town

Addie Camp — also known as Kennedyville, Addie Spur, and Canadaville — is a ghost town in Pennington County located 2.7 miles east of Hill City along County Road 323, at an elevation of 4,892 feet. The camp was established by miners working the nearby Addie Mine, operated by the England-based Harney Peak Tin Mining, Milling, and Manufacturing Company, which held over a thousand claims between Keystone and Hill City. The Addie Mine and the neighboring Good Luck Tungsten Mine gave rise to the community, but neither produced very much. In December 1892, the Grand Island & Wyoming Central Railroad built a spur line into town, briefly sparking growth — the community had a boarding house, saloon, platform station, and commissary car for railroad workers. When the tracks were pulled up in 1917, the town's fate was sealed. Some tungsten mining resumed during both World Wars, but the community never recovered. Only a few ruined houses remain today, located on the north side of the former railroad tracks along an old gravel road. A worthwhile detour. The 1880 Train passes near the site.