Esmeralda County Nevada
Esmeralda County Nevada Overview
Esmeralda Mining District, named in turn for the legend that a massive amount of emeralds was buried in what is now Nevada. Esmeralda is the Spanish and Portuguese word for emerald.
Year Established/Founded
1861
Ghost Towns in Esmeralda County Nevada
Below are the mining districts, railroad sidings, and ghost towns in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
- Benton
- Blair
- Bullfrog
- Carrara
- Coaldale
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Crow Spring
- Cuprite
- Diamondfield
- Fish Lake
- Gilbert – A town 25 miles west of Tonopah and east of Monte Cristo Range settled in 1925. Named for the three Gilbert brothers who were prospectors.
- Goldfield – A town settled in 1903 in the eastern part of the county discovered in 1902 and named for the great gold discovery.
- Gold Point
- Gold Hitt
- Gold Mountain – A mining district on the flank of a peak of the same name 20 miles southeast of Linda Valley that was named because of gold nuggets found there in the early days.
- Gold Point
- Gold Reef
- Hornsilver
- Klondike
- Lida
- Lime Point
- Millers – A town and mining district 14 miles northwest of Tonopah.
- Montgomery City
- Montezuma
- Nivlock
- Oriental
- Palmetto
- Phillipsburg
- Pigeon Springs
- Red Rock Mine
- Royston
- Silver Peak
- Stateline
- Stonewall
- Sylvania
- Sylvania Mining District
- Tokop
- Tule Canyon
- Weepah
Historical Points of Interest in Esmeralda County Nevada
Nevada Historical Markers in Esmeralda County Nevada
Esmeralda County is home to eighteen Nevada Historical Markers.
As we visit each we will link the articles below for you to learn more about the history of the site the marker represents.
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- #14 Goldfield
- #20 Columbus
- #101 Millers
- #133 Fish Lake Valley
- 3155 Silver Peak
- #156 Gold Point
- #157 Lida
- #158 Palmetto
- #174 Blair
- #242 Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone-Telegraph Company Building