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A mystery buyer purchased entire California ghost town Eagle Mountain for $22.5M
- agnosticmantis 3y agoWhat kind of tax does a town owner need to pay? Property taxes? To whom would they owe the tax?
- Stratoscope 3y agoIt's a ghost town, so I assume it would be whatever ghost owners pay. More seriously, it's not a town at all, just a piece of property on unincorporated land. The taxes should be similar to other comparable properties.
- bombcar 3y agoCheck out https://cerrogordomines.com/ https://cerrogordomines.com/ and the related YouTube channel Ghost Town Living. You pay property tax to the county.
- oh_sigh 3y agotl;dr: Ecology Transportation Services is going to use it as a dumping ground for concrete, rock, rubble, and other non-bio-hazard waste.
- KwisatzHaderack 3y agoBurning Man remote site?
- mike_d 3y agoExcept it isn't a mystery at all. The new owner is Ecology Auto Parts, who owns a fleet of over 600 trucks that haul away construction debris and green waste (biodegradable materials). https://ecoparts.com/ https://ecoparts.com/ It isn't a huge logical leap to figure out what the old iron ore mines will be filled in with.
- 8bitsrule 3y agoIt's also near a RR track, and the Colorado River Aqueduct. Congress reduced the National Monument in size so Henry could mine there. Another story (with photos) on plans for the 1.5 mile by 0.5 mile open pit mine from 2014. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2014/11/20/eagle-mountain-mine-joshua-tree-future/70013970/ https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2014/11/20/...
- charlie0 3y agoWestworld?