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Millers, Nevada
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Millers, Nevada
Coordinates: 38°08′12″N117°27′27″W / 38.13667°N 117.45750°W / 38.13667; -117.45750
CountryUnited States
State Nevada
County Esmeralda
Named for Charles R. Miller
Elevation
4,823 ft (1,470 m)
GNIS feature ID 856083

Millers (also spelled Miller's [1] ) is a ghost town located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Deserted today, Millers sprang up as a mining boomtown after the Tonopah boom began. A highway rest stop is located there, resulting in Millers still being listed on many travel maps.

History

Millers came to life as a result of the furor in Tonopah. In 1901 the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad was constructed and by 1904 Millers was founded as a station and watering stop along the rail line.

The name of the town honors Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad who was also once the Governor of Delaware. Miller also worked as vice president of the Tonopah Mining Company and played a key role in bringing that company's 100-stamp cyanide mill built in Millers in 1906. [2]

The post office at Millers was in operation from January 1906 until September 1919 and then from February 1921 until December 1931. [3] In 1907 the railroad company constructed repair shops in Millers and another large mill went up. By 1910 Millers had a business district and a population of 274. A year later, in 1911, the railroad shops and mill had moved and the town began a slow decline. By 1941, Millers had 28 inhabitants. [4] When the railroad went under in 1947, the town of Millers followed suit and became a ghost town. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millers
  2. Lincoln, Francis Church. Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. p. 199. hdl:2027/mdp.39015011432807 . Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millers Post Office (historical)
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 32.
  5. "Millers". Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved April 3, 2020. State Historical Marker No. 101.