Nevada Ghost Towns

[Charles B]

AURORA, Mineral County, Nevada

Rubble of this 1860s era gold mining town lies just east of the state line, about 25 miles southwest of Hawthorne, and 12 miles east of Bodie, California, on an unimproved road. Until the early 1950s this was considered the best ghost town in the state. But that was before all the brick buildings were town down.

 

[Charles B]

AUSTIN, Lander County, Nevada

This major silver-mining boomtown, was at the heart of the 1860s Reese River excitement. Austin is just east of the junction of US 50 and SH 305, in south part of the county. 70 miles west of Eureka, 110 miles east of Fallon.

 

[Charles B]

BELMONT, Nye County, Nevada

This class 1860s era silver-mining town lies in the sage along a graded dirt road 14 miles east of Manhattan, and 27 miles north of its junction with SH 376. That junction is 13 miles north of US 6, at a point five miles east of Tonopah. It consists of a handful of lived-in homes, old miner

 

[Charles B]

Black Rock, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Black Rock is listed as a pillar in the online GNIS database, but the DeLorme Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer shows it as a place name and an online topographic map shows it as Black Rock/McLeans. Whether that was the rock, which is highly visible alongside the highway, or an actual

 

[Charles B]

BULLFROG, Nye County, Nevada

This 1900

 

[Charles B]

CARRARA, Nye County, Nevada

Only a few concrete mill foundations and rubble mark the site of this early 1900s marble-mining town along the east side of US 95, nine miles south of Beatty.

 

[Charles B]

DIXIE VALLEY, Churchill County, Nevada

Located seven miles east of SH 121 at the end of pavement, which is 27 miles north of US 50, at a point seven miles west of Middlegate. It was an early 1900s ranching center.

 

[Charles B]

EUREKA, Eurika County, Nevada

This 1870s era silver-mining town is located on US 50, 77 miles west of Ely, 70 miles east of Austin. In 1878 had 9000 people and 100 saloons.

 

[Charles B]

GOLD HILL, Storey County, Nevada

This is where the Nevada mining excitement began, with the discovery of gold in 1859. Five months later, rich silver was discovered, and Virginia City began. The two towns were bitter rivals, and today, Virginia City and Gold Hill are the only two towns remaining in the county. It is on SH 341 a mile south of Virginia City.

 

[Charles B]

GOLD POINT, Esmeralda County, Nevada

This three-time/three-mineral mining town is at south end of SH 774, seven miles south of SH 266, at a point seven miles west of US 95, in the southern part of the county. It was active 1868 - 1942.

 

[Charles B]

GOLDFIELD, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Goldfield, Nevada

 

[Charles B]

HAMILTON, White Pine County,

This 1870s era silver-mining town was at the heart of the White Pine mining excitement. It is located in the southern part of the county, ten miles south of US 50, at a point midway between Ely & Eureka. It is NOT shown on current roadmaps.

 

[Charles B]

JARBIDGE, Elko County, Nevada

This 1910s era gold-mining camp miles south of the Idaho border, north of Elko. It is a popular destination for hunters. Go 52 miles north of Elko on SH 225, then east on gravel road for 20 miles. Take north (left) fork for 26 miles.

 

[Charles B]

LOGAN CITY, Lincoln County, Nevada

This 1860s silver-mining town is located 10-12 miles northwest of the junction of US 93 and SH 318 and SH 375 south of Hiko. All roads are unimproved.

 

[Charles B]

MANHATTAN, Nye County, Nevada

Located at east end of SH 377, seven miles east of its junction with SH 376, which is 37 miles north of US 6, at a point five miles east of Tonopah. In the 1860s, Manhattan was a minor silver-mining camp during the Belmont excitement. In 1905 rich ore caused a second boom that jumped the population to 1000.

 

[LabradorBob]

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/214944/Aurora+1890/Aurora+1890/Nevada/

 

[Charles B]

Ghost Town and Plane Crash Site

 

[Charles B]

Nevada Magazine "Ghost Towns"
Ghost Towns

Nevada Ghost Town Video

 

[k7noo]

We live in Dayton now but when Anaconda opened the mine in Tonapah I was moved down there setting up the modulars and mobile homes for the miners. Did a lot of work in Round Mountain before they moved it across the road. Had some great times in Manhatten and usually spent the weekends there and a few visits to Belmont when the bar was opened, a treat I will never forget. At that time I was more interested in guns and just plinking in the desert and there were a few of us that would take off on the weekends and hit the dirt roads and just go, drop into a green valley and wonder where the heck it came from, beautiful country if you take the time to see it. Thanks for the post, have been detecting closer to home now a days, little panning in the Carson River where Gold Canyon cuts in.