NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

In 1904 Jack Keane and Domingo Etcharren, “the one-eyed Basque butcher of Ballarat", searched for silver deposits in Death Valley. They explored the Funeral Mountains on the east side of the valley. Domingo abandoned the search but Keane continued to scout the area. Instead of silver ore, he located a ledge of gold ore. Keane and Etcharren established and patented eighteen mining ... VIEW POST

Fairplay Mining District is situated at the south end of Ione Valley at the west base of Paradise Range. The district has multiple mining claims, many owned by the same companies. Gold was discovered in 1901 by Okey Davis, George Duncan, E.A. McNaughton, and William Regan. The Fairplay Mining District was established in 1903 and the largest town in the district was Atwood, established in ... VIEW POST

Wabuska sits at the north end of Mason Valley. Wabuska is a Washoe word meaning "White Grass". Mason Valley is flanked by the Singatse Range on the west and the Wassuk Rage on the East. Fort Churchill, established in 1860 to protect early settlers and the mail route, is 13 miles to the north. In the early 1870's Wabuska was a freight stop and small settlement. A post office was opened in ... VIEW POST