long-abandoned

Just a few miles from Silverton, in an icy valley creased with avalanche chutes, groundwater burbles out of the long-abandoned Red and Bonita gold mine.

Shafted 2010

There was too much to be done in cleaning the long-abandoned house and in preparing an arrangement for Mrs. Mortimer to sleep.

CHAPTER XIX 2010

While investigating the murder of a treasure hunter found dead in a long-abandoned nightclub, seeking a piece of vintage diamond bling called the "Blue Butterfly" think "Maltese Falcon" as a priceless necklace, Castle discovers the 1947 diary of shamus Joe Flynn.

Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and More 2012

Nearby are the overgrown, derelict remains of long-abandoned iron furnaces and coal-processing equipment.

City's Future Lies in Ruins Douglas Belkin 2011

Dura-Europos, too, was situated in a far-flung, desolately picturesque spot: at the edge of the Syrian desert near Iraq on a long-abandoned plateau abutting the Euphrates.

Rare Objects, Rarer Practices Melik Kaylan 2011

Hundreds of the little fleur-de-lis scales and seeds were scattered by the wind and even now some lie on the window ledge suspended in the threads of long-abandoned spiders' webs.

Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire 2011

My late grandfather's pigsty and chicken coop were long-abandoned and falling apart, and no one particularly cared to fix them up.

Maria Rodale: 5 Crazy Things That Occur When You Raise Backyard Chickens Maria Rodale 2011

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday unveiled plans for the first large-scale, middle-class housing complex in New York City since the 1970s, a development officials hope will transform 30 acres of Queens' long-abandoned, industrial waterfront into a vibrant residential community.

Housing Towers Unveiled Michael Howard Saul 2011

We ought to have a stitch & bitch some time - I just tripped across one of my long-abandoned projects!

No, this is not my post 2009

It's all gone now, except for one long-abandoned ride and a few strings of colored bulbs, sagging between lampposts.

Hiccup Susan Rukeyser 2011