Nevada District
Overview
Other Names: Tamerlane
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1869
Organized: 1869
Commodities: manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper
Comments
The Nevada district is situated within Tamberlaine Canyon, in the western foothills of the Schell Creek Range about 10 miles southeast of Ely. The mining camp was known as Tamerlane.
References
White, 1871, p. 84; Whitehill, 1875, p. 87; Whitehill, 1877, p. 166; Angel, 1881, p. 655; Lincoln, 1923, p. 252; Stoddard, 1932, p. 88; Hose and others, 1976, p. 58
New Pass District
Overview
Other Names: Franklin
Organized: 1864
Commodities: gold, silver, manganese
Comments
Located north of New Pass Summit in the Shoshone Mountains about 30 miles east of Austin. The mines are located on the Lander-Churchill County line.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 28; White, 1869, p. 87; Angel, 1881, p. 366; Lincoln, 1923, p. 114; Stoddard, 1932, p. 50; Vanderburg, 1939, p. 65; Stewart and others, 1977, p. 88; Hall, 1994, p. 103.
New York District
Overview
County: Eureka ?
Discovered:
Organized:
Commodities:
Comments
Perry’s 1865 map shows the New York district located south of the Emigrant Road, roughly north of the Cortez district.The topography depicted on the historic map is so distorted that the exact location cannot be determined.
References
Perry, 1865
Newark District
Overview
Other Names: Strawberry
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1866
Organized: 1866
Commodities: silver, lead, tungsten, copper, zinc, gold
Comments
Located on the east side of the Diamond Range, mainly on the lower eastern slopes of Newark Mountain in the vicinity of the Bay State Mine. The original district name was Newark, but Strawberry was used by Hill (1912).
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 98; White, 1869, p. 48; White, 1871, p. 65; Whitehill, 1879, p. 155; Angel, 1881, p. 655; Hill, 1912, p. 227; Lincoln, 1923, p. 252; Stoddard, 1932, p. 88; Hose and others, 1976, p. 59; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 221
