DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. (AP) — The Amargosa Hotel was once a hub of activity, the Spanish Colonial-style buildings filled with workers from the Pacific Coast Borax company. Once the mine shut down, the people left, leaving the U-shaped hotel and the opera house attached to it at the center of what is now considered a ghost town. "There wasn't much reason for people to stick around, other than to stay at the hotel or visit the opera house," the Amargosa's Bob Muldowney said during a tour of the opera house.