Wonder Nevada
Wonder Nevada Overview
Located 13 miles to the north is the camp of Wonder, a major mining center in the early years of the 20th Century.
Wonder’s boom from 1906 to 1915 was brief but spectacular.
Category
Mining
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Wonder Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #201.
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County
GPS Coordinates
39.287123, -118.162069
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
Located 13 miles to the north is the camp of Wonder, a major mining center in the early years of the 20th Century. Thomas J. Stroud and several others made the first locations in April 1906, and later that year, the Wonder Mining District was organized.
Wonder’s boom from 1906 to 1915 was brief, but spectacular. Stores and saloons were in operation by mid-summer 1906, and a school was begun in 1907. Bench Creek provided water for the camp and an ice plant and a swimming pool made lire somewhat more bearable. During a brief span of years, the Nevada Wonder Mining Company produced some $6 million in silver, gold, copper, and zinc.
Wonder’s most prominent native daughter is Eva Adams (1908-1991), Administrative Assistant to Senator Patrick A. McCarran for many and the second woman appointed as the Director of the U.S. Mint during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO. 201
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
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Wonder Nevada