Shirley Basin , Wyoming was a company-owned uranium-mining town located about 40 miles south of Casper , Wyoming . The town was established in the 1960s , when Utah Mining , a subsidiary of Utah Construction Company began extracting uranium in the area . The company built a store and a school . After the Three Mile Island accident , the price of uranium dropped , forcing uranium-mining companies to scale back operations . Most of Shirley Basin 's residents left in the next couple of years . The town 's last resident left in 1992 , and the townsite is abandoned today
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Shirley Basin, Wyoming