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Bullion
Mine, Nevada
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'What's at the end of Bullion Road?'
July
29, 2001
Elko County, Nevada
The Bullion Mine is currently inactive. It has been preserved by a full-time
watchman who lives at the property. I was told the mine is on private
patented land and visitors wishing to scavenge are not appreciated by the
owners. The road to the actual mine is closed off with a locked
gate. I was also told that the old town-site burned down during the range
fires of 1999. Only a few burned boards and rock foundations remain of the
lower older town-site.
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Circa
1886 Photographs
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Bullion
School
(below
- date
unknown) I
assume this is the school site - just below the mill in the
draw. The trees and topography match very
well. The trees behind the school have been burned but the
stumps remain. |
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Photos courtesy of: Northeastern
Nevada Museum
Photos: #12- 4, 9, 12, 10 & 11
Photos 12-10 and 12-12 are from J. H. Crockwell Collection
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What was the top story of 1886?
Ans.: Statue of Liberty Dedicated
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Cemetery
At
the place on the topographic map marked "Cem", there are
a
few scattered burned wooden boards, one man-created
depression
with associated mound (I would suppose grave robbers or the body has
been exhumed or moved), and another less conspicuous area in the shape
of a rectangle
outlined
with white rocks (presumably another grave). |
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^ On Bullion Mine Road - Further East of Canyon
shown
as corral on topographic
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Humming
Birds at Mine Watchman's Home
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Bullion Mine |
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Head
of Trout Creek
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S of Bullion Mine |
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USGS
Topographic Map of Pine Mountain Area
USGS
Topographic Map Bullion Mine Area
USGS
Aerial Photograph of Bullion Mine Area
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Bullion Mine, Mill and
Road Links
Location:
40º31'26"N 115º59'56"
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BULLION (Bullion
City)(Railroad City)(Highland)(Empire City)(Bunker Hill)(Railroad Mining
District) Photos
Silver was discovered in 1869. By the spring of 1870, a full scale
boom was on and two townsites platted: Highland and Bullion City.
However, the difficult ore always hindered Bullion. The 1870 census has
Bullion's population at 110. Bullion peaked in 1874 but the next year,
the mining companies folded one by one. However, production focused on
copper and by 1880, Bullion had revived to have a population of 150. But
by the late 1880s, things around Bullion were pretty dead. All the mills
and smelters were closed. Population was only about 20 through the turn
of the century. 1916 was the biggest production year for Bullion when
more than 1 million pounds of copper were removed, but any hopes of a
permanent revival faded and by 1918, all activity was at a standstill.
Bullion was basically a ghost town after that. Although some mining has
taken place since, it did nothing to revive the town. Total production
for the district is close to $5 million. Not much is left in Bullion
today. Large slag heaps, smelter foundations, stone ruins and a small
cemetery are the only markers.
Great
Basin Minerals, Ltd.
Odds
& Ends
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Spoon |
Size: 92
x 31 mm |
| Spoon head, likely had a
wooden or bone handle. This specimen was found in the old
mining camp of Bullion, a ghost town in southwestern Elko County.
This town was active in the late 1800's and was pretty much a
ghost town by 1900. Found while metal detecting the town
which basically otherwise produced nails. A neat little item
left over from Nevada's mining past. |
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Spoon - Item #6 |
Locality: Bullion,
Railroad Mining District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
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WILD
BUNCH TIMELINE
April
3, 1899 Sundance Kid, George
Currie, and Harvey Logan rob the Club Saloon in Elko, Nevada.
Bullion
Road (Wagons Ho!)
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Additional Information: Northeastern
Nevada Museum
© 2001 - Elko Rose Garden Association
Recent Photos by Dan Turner
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