Wedekind District
Overview
Other Names: Glendale
County: Washoe
Discovered: 1896
Commodities: silver, gold, lead, zinc
Comments
Located north of Sparks, in the low hills immediately north of the Truckee Meadows. The district is sometimes included in the Peavine district to the west.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 226; Lincoln, 1923, p. 239; Stoddard, 1932, p. 85; Overton, 1947, p. 83; Bonham, 1969, p. 91; Paher, 1970, p. 35; Bonham, 1976
Weepah District
Overview
Other Names: Lone Mountain, Silverpah
County: Esmeralda
Discovered: 1904
Commodities: gold, silver, uranium
Comments
Located in the Weepah Hills, southwest of Lone Mountain. The district is sometimes included in Lone Mountain district. The eastern part of the Weepah district was sometimes known as the Silverpah district.
References
Clapp, 1919, p. 2; Stoddard, 1932, p. 41; Albers and Stewart, 1972, p. 69; Garside, 1973, p. 54
Wellington District (Douglas, Lyon Counties)
Overview
Other Names: Silver Glance, Wright, Risue Canyon
Commodities: lead, zinc, copper, silver, gold, antimony, tungsten, fluorspar
Comments
Located in the southern tip of the Pine Nut Mountains north of the town of Wellington, and in the northern portion of the Wellington Hills south of Wellington. The district is along the Walker River, south of Wellington and west of the Walker River district. Most of district was originally in Douglas County, but a change in county lines placed most of the mines in Lyon County.
The district name is shown as Wright on the General Land Office 1866 map, the 1880 map places Wright more to the northeast, indicating the Wright district may have included part of the northern Pine Grove Hills. Moore (1969) included Risue Canyon in the Wellington district.
References
DeGroot, 1863; General Land Office, 1866; Hill, 1912, p. 203; Lincoln, 1923, p. 37; Stoddard, 1932, p. 28; Gianella, 1945, p. 35; Overton, 1947, p. 32; Lawrence, 1963, p. 42; Moore, 1969, p. 30; Wong, 1982, table 1; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 48
Wellington District (Nye County)
Overview
Other Names: O’Briens Camp, Jamestown
County: Nye
Discovered: 1904
Active: 1904-1915
Commodities: gold, silver
Comments
The district is located at the south end of the Wellington Hills, a north-trending outlier west of the southern Cactus Range. Mines and prospects are concentrated in sections 22, 26, and 27, T4S, R46E. The district was first called O’Briens Camp. The Wellington district is sometimes included in the Jamestown district to the south.
References
Ball, 1907, p. 95; Hill, 1912, p. 225; Lincoln, 1923, p. 197; Stoddard, 1932, p. 73; Lotz, 1934, p. 22; Kral, 1951, p. 211; Cornwall, 1972, p. 41; Bonham, 1976; Tingley and others, 1997, p. 7-57
Wells District
Overview
Other Names: Humboldt Wells
County: Elko
Commodities: tungsten, beryllium, gold, limestone, building stone
Comments
The district includes the low hills surrounding Oxley Peak, 7 miles north of Wells, and hills on both sides of Clover Valley, about 5 miles south of Wells.
References
Smith, 1976, p. 173; Wong, 1982, table 1; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 66; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 222
