Jackson District
Overview
Other Names: Gold Park, North Union, Barnes’ Park, Burnes’ Park, Southern Shoshone Mountains, Breyfogle
Discovered: 1864
Organized: 1878
Commodities: gold, silver, lead, copper, uranium
Comments
Located in Gold Park, a basin on the west slope of the central Shoshone Range near the Nye-Lander County border. Organized as the Barnes’ Park district on Nov. 16, 1863 (Reese River Revielle). The same area was organized as the North Union district in 1864 and reorganized as the Jackson district in 1878. The district is partly in Lander County but most mines are in Nye County. Stretch (1867) placed the Burnes’ (a misspelling of Barnes, the original locator) Park district in this area.
Most of the district is on the west side of the Shoshone Range, but areas several miles to the east and south have also been included within the district. The Nevada Mining Investor (1906) described a Breyfogle district, 35 miles south of Austin in the Shoshone Range, that may have been in this area.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 57; Angel, 1881, p. 517; Nevada Mining Investor, Dec. 1, 1906, 26:1; Lincoln, 1923, p. 170; Stoddard, 1932, p. 67, 50; Kral, 1951, p. 76; Bonham, 1970; Garside, 1973, p. 85; Stewart and others, 1977, p. 82; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 111
Jackson Mountains District
Overview
Other Names: Jackson Creek
County: Humboldt
Commodities: iron, copper, lead, silver, tungsten, nickel, titanium
Comments
Centered on Trout Creek, in the northern part of the Jackson Mountains east of Jackson Creek; first known as Jackson Creek district.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 213; Lincoln, 1923, p. 98; Stoddard, 1932, p. 45; Beal, 1963, p. 17; Willden, 1964, table 16, 17; Bonham and others, 1985; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 96
Jamestown District
Overview
Other Names: Wellington
County: Nye
Discovered: 1907
Commodities: gold, silver, copper
Comments
The Jamestown district is located in northern Pahute Mesa, a few miles north- west of Mount Helen, on the old Goldfield-Antelope Springs road. The area is sometimes included in the Wellington district which is located further to the north in the southwest flank of the Cactus Range.
References
Lotz, 1934, p. 22; Kral, 1951, p. 211; Cornwall, 1972, p. 41; Bonham, 1976; Tingley and others, 1997, p. 7-76
