"(#155) It's hard to imagine anybody making a living out here. But they did ... and that's exactly what I'm here to capture. Gazing out into this open space, I find myself in realization that I am not just among the space. I am a part of it. All ... 102 degrees of it." -- July 2008

At the junction of US 6/95 and SR 265, 34 miles west of Tonopah

Esmeralda
38.018417, -117.776386

Original Date Visited: 7/14/08
Signed: Both lanes of US 6/95

Street View

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Exact Description:
Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining areas in Nevada. A 10-stamp mill was built in 1865, and by 1867 a 20-stamp mill was built. Mining camp lawlessness prevailed during the late sixties, and over the next 38 years, Silver Peak had its ups and downs. In 1906, the Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company bought a group of properties, constructed the Silver Peak Railroad and built a 100-stamp mill at Blair the following year.

The town, at times, was one of the leading camps of Nevada, but by 1917 it had all but disappeared. The town burned in 1948, and little happened until the Foote Mineral Company began its extraction of lithium from under the floor of Clayton Valley.