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Silver Peak, NV

Blair. The Pittsburgh-Silver Peak Gold Mining Company bought the major mines in the area in 1906.

Miller's, NV

Millers. As a result of mining excitement at Tonopah in 1901 and subsequent construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Millers...

Coaldale, NV

Silver Peak. Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining areas in Nevada.

Columbus, NV

Columbus.  The remnants of Columbus are located on the edge of the Columbus salt marsh, five miles to the southwest.

Dyer, NV

Fish Lake Valley. This valley was settled when the palmetto mining district was discovered in 1866.

Goldfield, NV

Goldfield. For a twenty-year period prior to 1900, mining in Nevada fell into a slump that cast the entire state into a bleak depression...

Lida, NV

Lida. Known as a gathering point for Shoshone and Northern Paiute Indians, Lida Valley was the site of early prospecting in the 1860s.

Sylvania, NV

Palmetto. Thinking that local Joshua trees were related to palm trees, the 1866 prospectors named the mining camp Palmetto.