Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada

This article is about the ghost town. For the town in Clark County, see Cactus Springs, Clark County, Nevada.
Cactus Springs
Ghost Town
Cactus Springs is located in Nevada
Cactus Springs
Cactus Springs
Coordinates: 37°32′09″N 116°52′58″W / 37.53583°N 116.88278°W / 37.53583; -116.88278
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyNye
Founded1901; 123 years ago (1901)
Named forCactus and Spring

Cactus Springs is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is currently within the boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range.[1]

Activity began in 1901 with the discovery of turquoise on Cactus Peak.[2][3] Silver was discovered nearby in 1904, and by 1910 the Lincoln Gold Mining Company had constructed a small camp near its holdings called Camp Rockefeller.[4]

Activity in the Cactus Range ended by 1935 and the camp never had a population greater than approximately 50 persons.

Notes

  1. ^ "Cactus Springs". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  2. ^ Lincoln, Francis Church (1923), Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada, Reno, Nevada: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company, p. 164, hdl:2027/mdp.39015011432807
  3. ^ Kral, Victor E. (January 1951). Mineral Resources of Nye County, Nevada (Report). Vol. XLV. Nevada State Bureau of Mines and the Mackay School of Mines. pp. 40–42. hdl:11714/1440. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Good Assays at Rockefeller". Tonopah Daily Bonanza. April 19, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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