Silver Divide Mine
I couldn’t find any information about this little mine, and I was surprised by what was left when I hiked up to it. It is an interesting little spot in Western Nevada.
The place consists of a ruined workshop-cabin combination next to a short adit.
I need to make
Poinsettia Camp
Poinsettia was once a cinnabar mine. Reportedly, the mine was worked from 1929 to WWII, but information on it is hard to find, and no production was recorded. It is doubtful much cinnabar was ever mined here. Cinnabar is a primary ore for mercury, which is important in the gold
Bernanke Mine
This site was an amazing find for us and a place I had really been looking forward to exploring. I had known about the mine for some time and, as is the usual case lately, and I just needed the time and some people to come with me underground. I
Nevada Scheelite Mine
Cole Spring Mine Cabin
Dan and I decided that February is a fine time to go into central Nevada for some exploring… Unsurprisingly, it was cold and windy out there… very cold. They were some of the coldest nights I’ve ever tried to sleep in Nevada.
While driving in these icy, windswept hills,
Nivloc Mine
The Nivloc was first discovered in the early 1900s and worked briefly by Mr. Colvin (Nivloc spelled backward). In 1937, Desert Silver, Inc. built a 200-ton mill here and worked the mine until 1943. These were the peak years for the mine, and during this time, it was Nevada’s