Mining Camps

  • Coyote Chronicles,  Mining Camps,  Nevada,  Storey County

    Savage Mining Company Office and Mine/Mill

    September 3, 2020 /

    Virginia City, Nevada This magnificent 21-room Second Empire style building was constructed by the Savage Mining Company in 1861. The ornate building is an excellent example of the architectural elegance associated with the offices and residences of the mining elite. The top two floors of the building served as the mine superintendent’s residence, while the ground floor was the mine office. The building has been restored with attention to its distinctive architectural features, such as the mansard roof, dormer windows and delicate gingerbread trim. The interior boasts 14-foot-high ceilings, a seven-foot copper bathtub, a Lincrista frieze in the main hallway and early Victorian furnishings. Ulysses S. Grant is said to…

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  • Ghost Towns,  Mining Camps,  Nevada,  Storey County

    Virginia City Spite House

    September 2, 2020 /

    As the story goes, there were two miners in Virginia City, Nevada who were sworn enemies. After one miner bought a plot of land and built a small white house with lots of windows so he could enjoy the sun and warm breezes, the other miner decided to exact his revenge by buying the property next door, and moving his already-built red cottage just inches from the other miner’s home. Across the street from Anabelle’s House. Photo copyrighted Steve Knight photo

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  • California,  Ghost Towns,  Mining Camps,  Mono County

    Benton Hot Springs, California

    June 8, 2020 /

    Information and description courtesy of Wikipedia- Benton Hot Springs got its start around 1863 with the discovery of silver in the nearby Blind Springs Hills and along the White Mountains.The Benton post office opened at the place in 1886. The name honors Senator Thomas Hart Benton, United States senator from Missouri and Father in Law to Explorer John C. Frémont. The town saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines.In 1883, a railroad line was completed to Benton Station and soon train service was initiated to Laws Station, located several miles east of Bishop Creek. One of the oldest surviving towns in Mono County,…

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  • Mining Camps,  Nevada,  Nye County

    Mayflower Mill/Mine

    April 8, 2020 /

    From the well-preserved Mayflower Mill just north of Silverton, across the Animas River, and up into Arrastra Gulch, threads a still-standing mile long aerial tramline, complete with swinging ore buckets suspended in time to the mine 2,500 feet above the mill —all that remains of one of Silverton’s greatest mining operations of the 20th century. Original photos Copyright © Steve Knight Photo

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  • Ghost Towns,  Lyon County,  Mining Camps,  Nevada

    Como, Nevada

    April 6, 2020 /

    June 2012 (Requested by Tami Force) The Ore Stamps and other parts of the mill were moved to Berlin State Park many years ago. From Wikipedia: Gold was found in the Pine Nut Mountains of western Nevada, and in June 1860, the Palmyra mining district was created. The town of Como was established in late 1862, during the gold rush in Palmyra Mining District. Two bills were under consideration in December, 1862, by the Nevada Territorial legislature in Carson City, to build a toll road from Carson City to Como. One of the bills was approved on December 18, 1862, providing an act chartering a toll road from Como to…

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