Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada

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Cactus Springs
Coordinates: 37°32′09″N116°52′58″W / 37.53583°N 116.88278°W / 37.53583; -116.88278 Coordinates: 37°32′09″N116°52′58″W / 37.53583°N 116.88278°W / 37.53583; -116.88278
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
County Nye
Founded1901;121 years ago (1901)
Named for Cactus and Spring

Cactus Springs is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is currently within the boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range. [1]

Activity began in 1901 with the discovery of turquoise on Cactus Peak. [2] [3] Silver was discovered nearby in 1904, and by 1910 the Lincoln Gold Mining Company had constructed a small camp near its holdings called Camp Rockefeller. [4]

Activity in the Cactus Range ended by 1935 and the camp never had a population greater than approximately 50 persons.

Notes

  1. "Cactus Springs". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  2. Lincoln, Francis Church (1923), Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada, Reno, Nevada: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company, p. 164, hdl:2027/mdp.39015011432807
  3. Kral, Victor E. (January 1951). Mineral Resources of Nye County, Nevada (Report). Vol. XLV. Nevada State Bureau of Mines and the Mackay School of Mines. pp. 40–42. hdl:11714/1440 . Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. "Good Assays at Rockefeller". Tonopah Daily Bonanza. April 19, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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