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Western Avenue, Lovelock, Nevada.

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Campfire Light. Camping out in the sticks in Buena Vista Valley near Unionville October 1976

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Western Avenue, Lovelock, Nevada.

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Unionville, Nevada - Pershing County

Unionville, Nevada, is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pershing County, located in Buena Vista Canyon on the eastern slope of the Humboldt Range. It sits south of Interstate 80, just west of State Route 400. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 27. It is often described as a living ghost town or semi-ghost town, with remnants of its mining past…

Unionville, Nevada - Pershing County

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Humboldt City, Nevada - Pershing County Ghost Town

Humboldt City is a historic ghost town and former mining settlement in Pershing County, Nevada, located in Humboldt Canyon in the Humboldt Range, approximately 10 miles southwest of Mill City and about 2 miles southeast of Interstate 80. Its ruins sit at an elevation of around 5,312 feet. It is notable as one of Nevada’s earliest mining towns, often regarded as among the first ghost towns in the…

Humboldt City, Nevada - Pershing County Ghost Town

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Rochester Nevada

Upper Rochester, Nevada 1918

In the 1860s, immigrants and prospectors from Rochester New York discovered gold in the nearby mounts and the silver mining town of Rochester, Nevada was founded. Located in Pershing County, Nevada, Rochester was organize in three districts areas spread across on area of three miles within the canyon. The original mine camp located at the upper end of the valley…

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Mazuma Nevada

Mazuma, Nevada – 1908

Mazuma Nevada started its short life in 1907 when the Seven Troughs gold strike started attracting an influx of miners from other areas. The town was named from the Mazuma Hills claims and the camp grew quickly in the mouth of Seven Troughs Canyon.

The summer of 1908 say the camp as the largest in the area with the founding of a post office, bank, three story hotel, fire…

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Seven Troughs Nevada

Seven Troughs is a ghost town and old mining camp in Pershing County, Nevada.

Seven Troughs Nevada 1907

In 1894, Frank Ward a sheepman in the area, built seven water troughs to water his sheep. The name Seven Troughs came from this simple event. Seven Troughs is a ghost town and old mining camp in Pershing County, Nevada.

In the fall of 1905, gold was discovered in the upper parts of Seven Troughs Canyon area. This discovery led to the ability to raise capital…

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