In 1879, an explosion at the nearby Sylvanite Mine rocked the Gothic area.

Also discovered was galena, gold, ruby silver ore, and pyrite.

Horace Tabor put money in the Elk Mountain Bonanza newspaper.

[3] Over a decade since Gothic had been declared a ghost town, the land was purchased by one Dr. John Johnson.

In the summer, around 160 live there,[4] and billy barr, who prefers lower-case, has been there since 1973, and has done important environmental observations.