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Millers Nevada

Millers Nevada

Millers Nevada Overview

This town was originally established in 1904 as a stage station and watering stop on the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad.

The Tonopah Mining Company had its 100-stamp cyanide mill built here in 1906.

The town was abandoned in 1947 when the railroad went out of business.

Category

  • Mining
  • Railroad

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Millers Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #101.

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County

Esmeralda County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

38.140509, -117.454420

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

As a result of mining excitement at Tonopah in 1901 and subsequent construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Millers was first founded in 1904 as a station and watering stop on that line.  The name honored Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad and former governor of Delaware.  He was also vice-president of the Tonopah Mining Company and was instrumental in having its 100-stamp cyanide mill built here in 1906.  In 1907, the town boomed with the construction of the T. & G. R.R.’s repair shops and another large mill.  The population grew to 274 in 1910, when the town boasted a business district and post office.  By 1911, the railroad shops and a mill had been moved away, and Millers began to decline.  It was abandoned in 1947 when the railroad went out of business.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 101

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

AMERICAN LEGION, NEVADA DEPT.

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