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Oriental (Old Camp), Tokop, Thorp and Bonnie Clare |
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Gold
Mountain, situated near U.S. 95 midway between Goldfield
and Beatty, and just a few miles south of Gold Point, invites
you to explore its camps and canyons.
Its
colorful history includes mining stock frauds, stagecoach
robberies and a cast of historical figures ranging from
scam artists and lawmen to shop keepers, miners and hermits.
In addition to the townsite of Gold Mountain, a number of
other towns sprung up in support of mining activity, such
as Bonnie Clare and Willow Springs.
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area is rich in abandoned buildings and structures but none
more mysterious than a substantial rock wall whose origin
and uses remain unknown. There are interesting ruins, beautiful
vistas, and much to see, and this book tells you all about
it. Maps and historical coverage includes Oriental, Tokop,
Thorp and Bonnie Clare.
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Sandy, Jean, Keystone, Platina, Ripley & Yellow Pine mine
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Just 20 miles south of Las Vegas and 7
miles west of the Interstate, Goodsprings is a little slice
of old Nevada. It was the town for a group of mines that produced
an amazing variety of metals, including gold, silver, lead,
vanadium and even platinum! The town flourished from 1910-20,
and still has a small population. The Pioneer Saloon is still
open for business, and you can stop in for a beer in an old
time saloon and read old newspapers on the walls. This book
blends photos as it was then with what is left today as it
tells you the history of this Nevada outpost.
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Point, Nevada |
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Thirty miles SW of Goldfield, Hornsilver boomed in the spring
of 1908 after the Great Western mine made a series of rich
ore shipments. Within a few months it had 700 people, then
it declined nearly as fast; but there were those who never
gave up as it went through a series of ups and downs. From
1915 to 1920 J.W. Dunfee made the Orlean mine pay handsomely,
but litigation turned the 1920s into lean years
In 1931 the name of the town and post office
was changed from Hornsilver to Gold Point, as the Ohio Mines
Corporation was formed to work the Great Western and Orlean
mines. While its mill was operating, Gold Point enjoyed
its most prosperous years, with a population of about 200.
After World War II mining was sporadic; the town declined
till only postmaster Ora Mae Wiley was there at times -
but Gold Point has never been without a resident population.
There
are many original buildings in Gold Point, and it's a fascinating
place to visit. This publication, number 26 in the Western
Places series, tells you its most interesting story.
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Century Mining Camps |
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Star City, Humboldt City, Santa Clara, Lima & Prince Royal |
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for Humboldt" was the cry in the first mining rush in
Nevada after the Comstock. Rich silver veins were found on
both sides of the highly mineralized Humboldt Range. Camps
formed in the principal canyons: Unionville became the county
seat of Humboldt Co., and Star City was a stage terminus.
Ruins abound of camps such as Humboldt City, Santa Clara,
Prince Royal, Sacramento and Lima. Most are easily accessable,
as Interstate 40 runs along the west side of the range between
Winnemucca and Lovelock. This book takes you to the towns
with maps and photos as it tells you the history of this most
interesting area.
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Rhyolite
is one of the most famous American ghost towns. In 1908 it
had 6,000 people, electric lights, three swimming pools, and
a grand railroad station. Now it is depopulated except for
a BLM caretaker, and most of the town is gone; but the RR
station is still there, as is the Bottle House made out of
50,000 beer bottles. The jail still stands, but the 3-story
bank building and other major buildings are much photographed
ruins. This publication tells the story of Rhyolite and how
it grew, contrasting old photos of a bustling city with pictures
of the ruins that remain
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the Rise and Fall of Pioneer and Springdale |
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This
publication tells the story of Rhyolite's decline from a prosperous
mining town in 1908 to its present ghost town status. Along
the way it tells of the boom at Pioneer, five miles north
of Rhyolite, and its rail stop at Springdale. Rhyolite's
Demise begins where the history in Rhyolite, the Boom Years
leaves off. Included among the many illustrations are some
wonderful photos of Rhyolite as a ghost town before it became
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| Rebecca's
Walk Through Time: A Rhyolite Story |
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Author
Suzy McCoy is one of two summertime residents at Rhyolite
-- the other being her husband, Riley, who is the BLM caretaker
for the site. This is Suzy's second book, the firtst being
Babysitting a Ghost Town. In Rebecca's Walk Through Time,
she develops a fictional commentator (Rebecca) and tells some
interesting Rhyolite stories along with Rebecca's wry commentary.
The book contains numerous early photographs, some of them
never before published. |
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Rochester
is located at the south end of the Humboldt Range and only
a few miles east of Interstate 40 in northern Nevada. The
fabulous rushes of Tonopah and Goldfield were subsiding, so
when gold was discovered in the Humboldts in 1912 it caused
one of the later rushes, forming the camps of Upper and Lower
Rochester. Marianne Babal tells the story of this easy-to-visit
camp. Today most of it has vanished, but there are still a
few things to see, including the Buck & Henry Mill.
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Nevada's
White Pine County was the scene of a frenzied rush in 1868.
Rich mines on and about Treasure Hill created the city of
Hamilton, as well as the towns of Treasure City, Shermantown
and Eberhardt. This book is a concise history of the district
and its towns, illustrated with old photos and new.
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At
last there is a complete history of one of Nevada's most
interesting mining camps! This new publication spans the
time from the discovery of ore in 1865 to the present, supplying
all the information you need to understand the history of
this exciting camp. Early Belmont was a rough camp, with
numerous stabbings and shootings. The White Pine rush in
1868-69 drew off most of the population and curtailed mining
operations, but mines as rich as Belmont's could not be
held back. By 1874 the rough element was returning and it
was feared the killings would begin again; but after a double
hanging by vigilantes, the town settled into a tranquil
role as an administrative and market center for a vast hinterland
of mining camps.
A visit to Belmont is greatly enhanced by this book and
its photos and maps. There's a lot left of old Belmont,
including the intact 1875 Court House and the 1867 building
of the Combination Mining Company. There are the stone and
brick block-long ruins of the Main Street buildings and
the famed Cosmopolitan Saloon. The ruins and smokestack
of the Monitor-Belmont mill greet the visitor arriving from
Tonopah or Manhattan. Over the hill to the east are the
mammoth foundations and tall stack of the Combination mill,
and a little more exploring will reward you with the impressive
brick walls of another mill. This mill is often called the
Highbridge, and is even shown as such on some maps; this
book goes into detail to explain why this is not and never
was the Highbridge mill, but should be referred to as the
second Monitor-Belmont mill instead.
Belmont is called a Ghost Town, but it is still home to
nine year-round residents, with 50 or more during the summer.
On summer weekends there may be two saloons open, and water
is free from the town spring. A gift shop sell souvenirs
and attractive jewelry, and with advance reservations you
can stay at the Bed & Breakfast in the old Combination
Mining Co. building. Clean public toilets are available
in town, but there is no cafe or gas station. A new Forest
Service campground is situated just southwest of town.
At 106 pages, Belmont, Nevada is no. 29 and the largest
publication of the Western Places series.
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