White Cloud District (Churchill County)
Overview
Other Names: Coppereid, Silver Hill
County: Churchill
Discovered: 1865
Commodities: copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, iron
Comments
The district includes the site of the camp of Coppereid and White Cloud Canyon, on the west slope of the Stillwater Range. The area is within the large Silver Hill district of DeGroot (1863).
References
DeGroot, 1863; Whitehill, 1873, p. 19; Hill, 1912, p. 200; Lincoln, 1923, p. 13; Stoddard, 1932, p. 23; Vanderburg, 1940, p. 52; Schrader, 1947, p. 307; Willden and Speed, 1974, p. 88
White Cloud District (White Pine County)
Overview
County: White Pine
Active: 1905-17, 1949-52
Commodities: lead, silver, zinc, copper, gold
Comments
Located north of White Cloud Mountain on the northern tip of the Snake Range, the district includes White Cloud Point and White Cloud Canyon as well as the area along the south margin of White Cloud Basin.
References
Hose and others, 1976, p. 81
White Horse District
Overview
County: Elko
Discovered: 1914 (?)
Commodities: lead, zinc, tungsten, silver
Comments
The White Horse district covers White Horse Mountain and Sugar Loaf Peak in the Goshute Mountains, a southward continuation of the Toano Range, south of White Horse Pass (formerly known as Don Don Pass).
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 59; Stoddard, 1932, p. 36; Gianella, 1945, p. 49; Granger and others, 1957, p. 168; Smith, 1976, p. 177; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 66; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 224
White Pine District
Overview
Other Names: Hamilton, Treasure Hill
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1865
Organized: 1865
Commodities: silver, gold, lead, copper, tungsten, zinc, molybdenum, tin
Comments
Located in the White Pine Range, the original White Pine district included the area around the camps of Hamilton and Treasure Hill. The district now extends to the southwest to include Easy Junior Ridge and Green Springs.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 98; White, 1869, p. 50; White, 1871, p. 65; Angel, 1881, p. 660; Hill, 1912, p. 228; Lincoln, 1923, p. 257; Stoddard, 1932, p. 89; Humphrey, 1960, p. 2-5; Hose and others, 1976, p. 81; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 234; Wilson and others, 1991, p. 687
