There are no people left now. The good old days of finding and excavating lead and silver belong to the time until the mid-1980's. But the setting is still telling many stories — all amplified by the spooky and lomesome location of today's Aouli.
The remains of the everyday life of the 3000 people living here about 20 years ago is a large number of tunnels, aqueducts, aerial ropeways, the living quarters and houses that climb the walls of the surrounding mountains.