OAUSA Net - June 5, 2014 Ghost Town Esmeralda Co NV

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Tonight’s discussion is a trip to the ghost towns of Esmeralda County NV.

Some (but perhaps not all) of the ghost town in The county are:
Stateline, Blair, Coaldale, Hardluck, Lida, Goldpoint, Weepah, Gold Hit, Columbus , Gilbert, and Palmetto.

We might throw Silver Peak in although it has been taken over mostly by The Chemetall Foote Coporation and Scorpio Gold Corporation. We will not be able to discuss all of them.

Try this link for a map of the locations of the Ghost towns.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/nvesmeralda.html

This pdf shows the off-road route we took. Many of the Ghost towns can be accessed on gravel road from US95 too.

Ghost Towns Marked.pdf

Route map

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Hardluck Mine Castle - might be for sale

Hardluck Mine Castle

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State Line Cabin near Old Camp

State Line Cabin

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Same cabin at night - photo by John Chase

State Line Cabin by John Chase

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The next 4 pictures are of Gold Point on memorial Day - several hundred people came to town to party

Gold Point 1

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Don't confuse Gold Point (Ghost Town) with Gold field (County Seat)

Gold Point 2

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Gold Point 3

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Gold Point 4

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Clayton Valley - Silver Peak is in the distance

Clayton Valley

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Not close enough to read - Just showing that NV does a good job with markers. Most of the Ghost towns have a marker like this.

Silver Peak

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Blair

Blair

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Diablo Base Line

Baseline

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