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"Sterling Pound" Mine

Ore car in mine

This mine is extensive. We have not explored it all. Most of the ore in this mine was mined from the 1920s to the 1950s, netting million in profits. The main shaft is over 1,700 ft deep with greater than thirteen miles of drifts and crosscuts. Hopefully, we can return soon and explore more of this great place.

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Sprucemont Ghost Town

Sprucemont Ghost Town

Sprucemont (really called Spruce Mountain) was actually a few mining camps spread across Spruce Mountain. First mined for lead-silver ore in 1869, it was a long-lived and successful mining area. The mines here produced ore all the way into WWII; almost a hundred years worth. The mines are now caved

Freiberg Smelter

Freiberg Smelter

Back in 2012, we went on a trip through central Nevada and spent a night in old the mining camp of Freiberg. Discovered in 1865, the area was worked in a small way for silver but the mines never produced much of anything. We explored the area and only found

Atlanta Millsite

Atlanta Millsite

This modern gold and silver mill had been on operational stand-by for the last few years. This district and mine, however, are old ones. Gold and silver were discovered in the area around 1869, but the mining camp at Atlanta didn’t come until 1907. The mines have been worked