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Eastern Nevada

Eastern Nevada, including Great Basin National Park, the Basin and Range National Monument, and the Ruby and Schell Creek mountain ranges

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Delamar Ghost Town

Delamar Ghost Town

The mining camp of Delamar started out as a small tent camp similar to Helene, just a few miles to the north and only a few months later. It was centered around the April Fool, Monitor, Gold Cup, Hog Pen, and a few other small mines. Captain Joseph De Lamar

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

The Magnolia Mine is an old one; it was discovered in 1891 and developed in 1892 mainly for silver. It is one of the first mines of the Ferguson (later Delamar) district. It was worked just before the larger Delamar Mine a few miles to the south. Over the next

Mount Irish Petroglyphs

Mount Irish Petroglyphs

This is an impressive and large petroglyph area with three main clusters of petroglyphs; Paiute Rocks, Shaman Hill, and Shaman Knob. Archeologists think some of the petroglyphs here could date from 1000 BC. One very interesting and unique petroglyph repeated here is the so-called "Pahranagat Man." He shows

Crescent Mill and the Rosey Mine

Crescent Mill and the Rosey Mine

There isn’t too much known about the Crescent Mill or the Rosey Mine. This part of Nevada first boomed in early 1865 when promising silver deposits were located in the Mount Irish area. The Pahranagat Mining District was quickly formed. One of the early mines was the List mine.

Fay, Little Buck and Horseshoe Mines

Fay, Little Buck and Horseshoe Mines

On this trip, we were out exploring the Nevada-Utah state line. This beautiful open country of rolling hills and pinyon-juniper woodland is delightful to spend some time in. Thunderstorms chased us around on this trip, but they moved on quickly. The old ghost town of Fay popped up around 1899,

Palmer Mine

Palmer Mine

This is quite a place! This is a massive and strange mine. The sound of underground rivers far below, 4-foot boreholes going hundreds of feet through the mountain into the unknown, elevators, hoists, slushers, rusty ladders, pipes, stalactites, underground offices, workrooms, explosive lockers, and strange experimental testing equipment, all spread

Belmont Mill

Belmont Mill

When I first started exploring, the Belmont Mill (or Nevada Belmont Mill) had always been high on my list of places to see. It didn’t disappoint. It is a very pretty area, and few tramways remain in Nevada. The mill was built in 1925 by the Tonopah Belmont Development