Cresent Nevada
Cresent Nevada Overview
Crescent was a mining camp and mining district in Clark County, Nevada.
Also known as Crescent Peak, New York, and Timber Mountain.
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Year Established/Founded
1894
Cresent Nevada History
Unknown at this time.
Timeline
Unknown at this time.
Mines
Silver, gold, lead, copper, turquoise, molybdenum, vanadium, beryllium, thorium and rare earth, uranium, perlite
Railroads
Unknown
Post Office
1905 – 1918
Postmaster appointments
I can only find one reference in the records for postmasters.
- Charles M. White was appointed postmaster on 18 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Unknown
The Population of Cresent Nevada
Approximately 32 residents in the early 1940s.
Elevation
4,337′
Location
Near the California-Nevada boundary line.
The district includes the northern New York Mountains and the southern end of the McCullough Range and is located about 12 miles west of Searchlight. Wheeler (1872) included the Crescent Peak area in the large New York district, centered on the New York Mountains in California but extending east to touch the historic Colorado district, located south of present-day Searchlight. Averett (1962) described a Timber Mountain district discovered in 1910 on “Timber Mountain 17 miles west of Searchlight” that is possibly somewhere in the Crescent Peak area.
GPS Coordinates
35° 29′ 22.95″ N, 115° 10′ 43.95″ W
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Photos and Videos
None at this time.
References Used
- Tingley, Joseph V., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 47 – Mining Districts of Nevada
- United States Geological Survey – Crescent Nevada