Starbuck's Exploring

Sign in Subscribe

Eastern Nevada

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

32 posts

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

Emerson Mine (Lincoln, Tempiute)

Emerson Mine (Lincoln, Tempiute)

This is quite a place! This is a massive and strange mine with 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,

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