Sacramento District (Pershing County)
Overview
Other Names: Sacramento Canyon, Oreana
County: Pershing
Commodities: silver, lead, gold, tungsten, dumortierite, arsenic
Comments
Southernmost district on the west side of the Humboldt Range, opposite the Buena Vista and Indian districts. The Sacramento district extends between Limerick Canyon on the south and Pole Canyon on the north. The original Sacramento district also included the present Rochester district.
References
General Land Office, 1866; Stretch, 1867, p. 50; Whitehill, 1873, p. 59; Angel, 1881, p. 452; Lincoln, 1923, p. 215; Stoddard, 1932, p. 79; Vanderburg, 1936b, p. 34; La Heist, 1964, p. 66; Schilling, 1976; Johnson, 1977, p. 85; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 191
Sacramento District (White Pine County)
Overview
Other Names: Sacramento Pass
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1869
Organized: 1869
Commodities: tungsten, gold, silver
Comments
Located on the west slope of the Snake Range, west of Sacramento Pass and south of U.S. Highway 50.
References
White, 1871, p. 83; Angel, 1881, p. 656; Lincoln, 1923, p. 254; Stoddard, 1932, p. 89; Bonham, 1976; Hose and others, 1976, p. 75; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 226
Safford District
Overview
Other Names: Barth, Palisade, Cortez Mountains area, Pine Valley
County: Eureka
Discovered: 1869 (?) (1881)
Commodities: iron, silver, lead, copper, gold, antimony
Comments
Located in the vicinity of Barth, west of the town of Palisade in Safford and Palisade Canyons. Safford was included in the larger Cortez Mountains area of Shawe and others (1962). Schilling (1976) listed Pine Valley as an alternate name.
References
Emmons, 1910, p. 110; Hill, 1912, p. 211; Lincoln, 1923, p. 96; Stoddard, 1932, p. 44; Lotz, 1934, p. 19; Vanderburg, 1938b, p. 56, 59; Shawe and others, 1962, p. 86; Lawrence, 1963, p. 70; Roberts and others, 1967, p. 105; Bonham, 1976; Schilling, 1976
St. Thomas District
Overview
Other Names: Virgin River, Virgin Valley, Logan
County: Clark
Discovered: 1866
Commodities: sodium chloride, glauberite, silica sand, magnesite
Comments
The St. Thomas salt deposit is located along the Virgin River a few miles east of the town of St. Thomas. Most of the area is now submerged beneath waters of the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. Averett (1962) mentioned that St. Thomas may have been called the Logan district.
References
Whitehill, 1877, p. 90; Lincoln, 1923, p. 28; Vanderburg, 1937b, p. 61; Averett, 1962, p. 90, 97; Longwell and others, 1965, p. 152
San Antone District
Overview
Other Names: San Antonio, Liberty, Royston, Cimarron, Potomac, San Lorenzo
County: Nye
Discovered: 1863
Organized: 1863
Commodities: molybdenum, copper, silver, gold, lead
Comments
Located in a low range of mountains that lie across the south end of Smoky Valley. The original district name was San Antonio; San Antone was derived from the name of a stage station to the north. San Antone includes the camps of Liberty, on the west side of range, and Cimmaron, at the north end of range. The western section of the original district is now the separate Royston district.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 61: White, 1869, p. 68; Whitehill, 1873, p. 107; Angel, 1881, p. 518; Lincoln, 1923, p. 181; Stoddard, 1932, p. 70; Kral, 1951, p. 157; Bonham, 1976; Hall, 1981, p. 88; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 182
