Villa de La Mina, a former mining village located in the Terlingua region of West Texas, has fallen a long way since its heyday back in the early 1900s. The discovery of cinnabar, a lucrative form of mercury, turned Villa de La Mina briefly into a boomtown, which included homes, a fortress, and of course, an on-site mine. As with most mining hotspots, the town was soon abandoned when the precious materials ran out, leaving Villa de La Mina to an uncertain fate. Click or scroll on to find out more...