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Palmetto Nevada

Palmetto Nevada

Palmetto Nevada Overview

A local 12-stamp mill processed silver ore here in the late 1800s, but the town died for lack of profitable material.

New prospecting in 1903 caused Palmetto to grow to a town of 200 tents.

By 1906, most miners were gone and lease mining has been minimal ever since.

Category

Mining

Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Palmetto Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #158.

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County

Eureka County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

37.444168, -117.694873

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Thinking that local Joshua trees were related to palm trees, the 1866 prospectors named the mining camp Palmetto.  Although a local 12-stamp mill worked the silver ore, the town died for lack of profitable material.  New discoveries in the late 1860s brought Palmetto back to life, but once again meager deposits caused its demise.

New prospecting in 1903 caused Palmetto to grow to a town of 200 tents on a platted town site.  At its peak in 1906, the commercial street contained all the necessary mining camp businesses.

Local miners drifted away in autumn, 1906.  Mining, on a lease basis, has been minimal since that time.  An important talc deposit lies nearby.

STATE HISTORIC MARKER No. 158

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

E.F. DENTON

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