Warm Springs District (Lander County)
Overview
County: Lander
Commodities: mercury
Comments
Located west of State Highway 305 in Reese River Valley, 35 miles south of Battle Mountain.
References
Bailey and Phoenix, 1944, p. 113; Stewart and others, 1977, p. 97
Warm Springs District (White Pine County)
Overview
Other Names: Antelope Range
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1870
Commodities: lead, silver, gold
Comments
Located in the vicinity of Tunnel Canyon, north of Tippett Spring in the Antelope Range.
References
Raymond, 1873, p. 203; Tingley and Castor, 1991, p. 10
Washiki District
Overview
Other Names: Washakie, Grandpap, Clear Creek
Discovered: 1906
Commodities: gold, silver, lead
Comments
Located on the Pershing-Humboldt county line in the area of Bacon, Washoke, and Grandpap Canyons. Most of the district is in Pershing County. A Clear Creek district is shown in this area on the 1880 map.
References
1880 map; Stoddard, 1932, p. 45; Vanderburg, 1936b, p. 49; Carlson, 1974, p. 241; Bonham, 1976; Johnson, 1977, p. 101
Washington District (Lyon, Mineral Counties)
Overview
Other Names: Cornell, Cambridge
Discovered: 1861
Organized: 1861
Commodities: silver, gold, copper, lead, uranium, coal
Comments
Located along the canyon of the East Walker River in the southeastern corner of Lyon County, extending from the vicinity of Wichman Canyon on the north to the Mineral county line on the east and the south. Most of the district is in Lyon County. According to Paher (1971), the district was originally known as Washington but [the northern part?] was reorganized as Cambridge in 1867. The General Land Office 1866 map shows Cornell district located south of the Walker River district, between the Walker River and Esmeralda districts.
Stretch (1867) located the Cornell district in the Wassuk Mountains, west of Walker Lake and south of the Desert district. The 1880 map shows Cornell to generally coincide with the Washington district, although it may have included some of the western Mount Grant district as well.
References
General Land Office, 1866; Stretch, 1867, p. 39; White, 1869, p. 91; Lincoln, 1923, p. 157; Stoddard, 1932, p. 63; Stoddard and Carpenter, 1950, p. 98; Moore, 1969, p. 29; Paher, 1970, p. 85; Bonham, 1976
Washington District (Lander, Nye Counties)
Overview
Other Names: San Juan Canyon
Organized: 1863
Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, arsenic
Comments
Located on the western slope of the Toiyabe Range about 25 miles south of Austin. Vanderburg (1939) placed this district partly in Lander County.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 102; Hill, 1912, p. 216; Lincoln, 1923, p. 197; Stoddard, 1932, p. 73; Vanderburg, 1939, p. 81; Gianella, 1945, p. 145; Kral, 1951, p. 207; La Heist, 1964, p. 66; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 223; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 155
