Central Nevada and Elko

Not too long ago (in the late summer of 2015, to be exact), we drove to this little abandoned mining ...
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Out in central Nevada, we found a small cave inside of a larger, abandoned mine. The miners probably broke into ...
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We’ve known about this cave for some time but it wasn’t until recently we were finally able to put together ...
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A few years back, we found this huge abandoned gold mill out in Nevada. It is similar in size and scope ...
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Roy Ames located some fluorspar claims in the hills above this little camp in 1941 but it doesn’t appear that ...
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Brownie Sam and Emmett Rosse, two Shoshone cowboys, stopped alongside this huge volcanic boulder in late October of 1932. It ...
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Not far from the Diamond Tunnel, is the Eureka Croeus Mine also known as the California Tunnel. Setup in the 1870s ...
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The Hornsilver is a fairly remote silver mine and camp. It was a good producer early on and had its ...
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In early autumn 2015, we hiked cross-country over a mountain to a seldom visited mine and cabin along a stream in ...
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Jefferson is a very scenic area and usually has a nice little creek running down through the trees. Once an ...
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This small canyon is almost entirely volcanic ash and tuff. The petroglyphs occur on a small hill in the canyon ...
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The history of Mountain View seems to be lost to history. It is spread out in a couple of different ...
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In 1867, the La Plata Company moved a ten stamp mill from the mining camp of Yankee Blade to Park ...
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We have visited this site a couple of times over the years. The first time was in 2003 with Cat ...
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Discoveries were first made here in 1863 by Mexican prospectors, possibly outfitted by Emanuel San Pedro. This camp never struck ...
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High on top of a mountain in central Nevada is the Senator quicksilver mine. The history of the mine is ...
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Sprucemont (really called Spruce Mountain) was actually a few mining camps spread across Spruce Mountain. First mined for lead-silver ore ...
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We met up with Dan and made a fairly long drive to explore a forgotten corner of Nevada’s mining history ...
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We were out on an exploring trip in the high mountains of central Nevada in 2008 and I talked our ...
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I’ve known about this mine for a long time but had avoided it because it was so close to town ...
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