Shady Run District
Overview
Other Names: Fondaway, Silver Hill
County: Churchill
Commodities: gold, tungsten, mercury, antimony, silver, lead
Comments
Located on west side of the Stillwater Range, between Fondaway and Mill Canyons. Shady Run was within the large Silver Hill district of DeGroot (1863).
References
DeGroot, 1863; Stuart, 1909, p. 110; Lincoln, 1923, p. 9; Stoddard, 1932, p. 22; Vanderburg, 1940, p. 43; Schrader, 1947, p. 305, 306; Vanderburg, 1940, p. 43; Willden and Speed, 1974, p. 82; Bonham, 1976; Lawrence, 1963, p. 37; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 36
Sharp District
Overview
Other Names: Willow Creek
County: Nye
Discovered: 1918
Commodities: silver, lead
Comments
The settlement of Sharp, in the old Sharp mining district, was at the mouth of Little Cherry Creek, southeast of Adaven. The Sharp district, along with the Quinn Canyon fluorite district and the Willow Creek area on the west side of the range, was included by Kral (1951) and Kleinhampl and Ziony (1984) in a large Willow Creek district that covered most of the southern Quinn Canyon Range.
References
Kral, 1951, p. 212, 216; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 227
Sheephead District
Overview
Other Names: Alaska, Sheepshead, Buffalo, Buffalo Springs, Smoke Creek Desert area
County: Washoe
Discovered: 1865
Organized: 1867
Active: 1865-1907
Commodities: perlite, clay, zeolite, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, gold
Comments
Located 15 miles west of Renard. Salt was produced as early as 1865 from salt works at Buffalo Springs. The Alaska district was organized in this area in 1867, covering a 10-mile square centered on “Salt Spring.”
References
Eastern Slope, October 12, 1867, 2:3; Hill, 1912, p. 226; Lincoln, 1923, p. 233; Stoddard, 1932, p. 84; Overton, 1947, p. 59, 85; Papke, 1969, p. 127; Papke, 1976, p. 10-11; Tingley, 1989a, p. 15
Sherman District
Overview
Other Names: Bloody Run, Santa Rosa
County: Humboldt
Discovered: 1860s; 1922
Commodities: tungsten, molybdenum, gold, silver
Comments
Located 25 miles north of Winnemucca in the Bloody Run Hills, the southeastern extension of the Santa Rosa Range. Sherman includes the China Garden area, southwest of Paradise Hill. The district was called the Santa Rosa district in the 1860s; the Sherman name came into use following discoveries in the north end of the Santa Rosa Range in 1922.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 55; Stoddard, 1932, p. 47; Vanderburg, 1938a, p. 42; Bonham, 1976; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 92
