Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada

Cactus Springs
Cactus Springs
Ghost Town
	Cactus Springs
	Coordinates: 37°32′09″N 116°52′58″W / 37.53583°N 116.88278°W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Nye
Founded	1901; 124 years ago
Named after	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

^ "Cactus Springs". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
^ Lincoln, Francis Church (1923), Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada, Reno, Nevada: Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company, p. 164, hdl:2027/mdp.39015011432807
^ 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.
^ "Good Assays at Rockefeller". Tonopah Daily Bonanza. April 19, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

References

Hall, Shawn (1999). Preserving the Glory Days: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada. University of Nevada Press. pp. 195–197. ISBN 9780874173178. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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[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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