Tag: mining
Pahrump Correspondence – August 2018
Pahrump still has a lot of gold to be found
Historically speaking, when people talk about gold being discovered in Nevada, they mention towns like Goldfield, Beatty, Virginia City, Tonopah, and Eureka, to name a...
Ely Correspondence – August 2017
1987 Ely Centennial Celebration – Thirty Years Later
Mining is an up and down activity, with the price of minerals controlling the rise and fall of the economy in a mining town. The 1980’s were...
Lincoln County Correspondence – February 2017
Free Roaming Burros and a Remarkable Mule in 1930s Pioche
Pioche, Nevada, in the days of the Great Depression and even before, had a group of burros that roamed free after some of the mines...
