Rebel Creek Nevada
Rebel Creek Nevada Overview
Rebel Creek, also known as Rebel Creek Station, Willow Creek, and New Goldfields, is located in Humboldt County, Nevada.
A southern soldier and a northern met there and fought to see who would n e the creek; when the southerner won, it became known as Rebel Creek.
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Year Established/Founded
1907
Rebel Creek Nevada History
The Rebel Creek District was on the western slope of the northern Santa Rosa Range, extending generally from Canyon Creek on the north to Rebel Creek or Sawtooth Mountain on the south.
Both placer and vein deposits were worked at this point on the west slope of the Santa Rosa Range as early as the 1870s and scores of prospectors returned in June 1907 after remarkable finds were reported.
The district has never yielded gold in paying quantities though some work was done in the 1930s.
Timeline
Mines
Silver and gold.
Post Office
1902 – 1947
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Newspaper
Unknown at this time
The Population of Rebel Creek Nevada
Unknown at this time
Elevation
4,623′
GPS Coordinates
41° 36′ 19.63″ N, 117° 45′ 55.50″ W
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References Used
- Paher, Stanley (1970), Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Howell-North Books
- Tingley, Joseph V., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 47 – Mining Districts of Nevada
- United States Geological Survey – Rebel Creek Nevada
- Wikipedia – Rebel Creek Nevada
- The Nevada State Writers Project Administration (1941), Origin of Place Names Nevada, page 38