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NV Western and Central Nevada

NV Western and Central Nevada

Western and Central Nevada. South of the I-80, north of US 6, and west of Eureka.

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Victorine Mine

Victorine Mine

I’ve known about this mine for a long time but had avoided it because it was so close to town. I figured everything had already been carted off and the mine reclaimed. Over the course of the last year or so, I had multiple sources bring it up. It

Aragonite Mine

Aragonite Mine

Senator Mine

Senator Mine

High on top of a mountain in central Nevada is the Senator quicksilver mine. The history of the mine is a little hard to follow as the property changed hands a few times and recorded owners and production are missing, but from what I can tell, the mine was first

Wooden Ore Car Mine

Wooden Ore Car Mine

Back in 2007, I read a book on Nevada mining history that had a photo of a wooden ore car sitting out front of a mine. “Wow!”, I thought to myself. “That would be an incredible sight to see.” Of course, I immediately set out to find it. I scoured

Agai Pah Pictographs

Agai Pah Pictographs

Agai Pah is the Northern Paiute name for Trout Lake or Walker Lake as we know it today. This is an intriguing pictograph site. Located on an isolated boulder, red pictographs appear on a single side of the boulder. Different people have taken different meanings from the symbols. One story

J and J Cabin

J and J Cabin

In early autumn 2015, we hiked cross-country over a mountain to a seldom visited mine and cabin along a stream in central Nevada. It is a quiet and peaceful spot among the aspen trees. The mine is caved-in but once consisted of an open stope with an adit leading deeper

Bald Mountain Wash Petroglyphs

Bald Mountain Wash Petroglyphs

Brownie Sam and Emmett Rosse, two Shoshone cowboys, stopped alongside this huge volcanic boulder in late October of 1932. It is a place where their ancestors had camped many times. The ancients had carved numerous symbols on this rock, they decided they would too. They stood on the backs of