"No Trespassing", "Keep Out", "Posted - Private Property", "Historic Site". Such signs are often all to common for those who would seek out and search littered grounds of boom towns. The best advice would be to FOLLOW POSTED SIGN WARNINGS, DO NOT TRESPASS.

Standing boom towns should be worked carefully. No trespassing signs should strictly be honored. The buildings should never be vandalized, posted or not. Treasure hunters should work diligently to make themselves a good name, for themselves individually and for the hobby field itself in whole. In actuality, the best sites to work are those where hardly a trace of the former boom town is left. Then one cannot be blamed for tearing down what was torn down long ago.

Totally abandoned boom town places also have not had the severe picking over suffered by more scenic, better known spots. Few people ever visit such desolated sites, and those who do, seeing very little, usually don’t stay long.