It's an easy day trip from Acapulco to this famed silver-mining town, and worthwhile for anyone interested in experiencing more of this country's historical past.

Lake Valley was a silver-mining town in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.

By the early 1870s, it had grown to become one of the most important silver-mining towns in Nevada.

Primarily a silver-mining town, it had a post office from August 12, 1880, until February 14, 1895.

Previously, travelers to the one-time silver-mining town, now better known for its thriving artists' colony, had to go by car, take a bus or rely on irregular rail service.

In 1892 Aspen was a booming silver-mining town, with 12,000 inhabitants, six newspapers and an opera house.

At the foot of the mountains is a former silver-mining town with plenty of Western atmosphere, a special appeal for those from other parts of the world.

It was a wealthy silver-mining town of 40, 000 people until early last century.

Other fine examples of the style may be found in the remote silver-mining towns.

One day we took a comfortable bus ride to Kutna Hora, a pretty little medieval silver-mining town about an hour east of Prague.