Osceola, Nevada

Osceola, Nevada
Ghost town
Abandoned structures in Osceola
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Coordinates: 39°05′26″N114°23′08″W / 39.09056°N 114.38556°W / 39.09056; -114.38556
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	White Pine
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Nevada Historical Marker
Reference no.	98

Osceola, Nevada, is a ghost town in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The town was a placer camp devoted to mining gold. Gold was first discovered in 1872, followed by exploitation of the deposits using hydraulic mining techniques. Two ditches, the Osceola West Ditch and the Osceola East Ditch were built to convey water from the mountains for use in mining. Water production was less than hoped and hydraulic mining ceased in 1900, when the population had declined from 1500 at its peak to 100. A fire in the 1940s destroyed much of the town, but a few buildings and a cemetery remain. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The town is just to the west of Great Basin National Park. Some small-scale mining activities continue. ^[1]

References

1. "Osceola, Nevada". Great Basin Heritage Route. Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership. 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
2. "The Osceola Ditch". Great Basin National Park. National Park Service. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
3. Unrau, Harlan D. (April 3, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Osceola (East) Ditch". National Park Service. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

External links

• Osceola, Nevada at Great Basin National Heritage Route
• Osceola Ditch at Great Basin National Park