Eagleville, Mineral County, Nevada Explained
| Eagleville, Nevada |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Nevada#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Eagleville |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mineral |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 5561 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0261°N -118.2528°W |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 854763 |
Eagleville is a former populated place in Mineral County, Nevada, that is now a ghost town.
History
Mineral deposits were first discovered in the area by the 1870s.[1] Eagleville had some Mormon residents in the 1870s.Eagleville's post office was in operation from June 1889 until March 1913.Baryte within limestone in large quantities were examined in Eagleville in 1899, but its distance from the railroad deemed it as unprofitable to work.
The Eagleville area produced small amounts of gold and silver in 1905 and 1908-1909.[2] [3] The Jim Barron mine (also known as the Baron mine) was in operation near Eagleville in the 1910s.[4] The Golden Extension Mine was in production from 1915 to 1918.[5]
Eagleville, Churchill County
After Eagleville declined in Mineral County in the 1910s[6] and the 1950s it was noted that a small village was present with the same name in nearby Churchill County.[7] The site is northeast of Rawhide,[7] southeast of Frenchman's Station.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=tjGNzwwOsBAC&pg=PA75 Mineral Resource Inventory--Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Nevada
- News: Camp of Eagleville is Again Shipping Golden Ore . . August 9, 1909 . April 30, 2020.
- Book: Paher . Stanley W. . Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps . 1970 . Howell North . 456.
- Book: The Salt Lake Mining Review . v. 17 . 1915 . September 22, 2017 . 26.
- Book: Lincoln, Francis Church . Mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada . 2 . 1923 . 2027/mdp.39015011432807?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 . April 28, 2020. Note that this reference (Lincoln 1923) states that Fallon, Nevada, is 64 miles to the northwest of Eagleville, which disagrees with Murgbarger's statement that Eagleville, Churchill County is 52 miles southeast of Fallon. Also, this reference states that the Eagleville district is in Churchill County, though the GNIS cites this reference (Lincoln 1923) but states that the district is in Mineral County.
- Third Biennal Report of the Nevada Historical Society. 1911–1912. The Significance of the Nomenclature in Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby and Storey Counties . Vera E. . Hasch . Cora M. . Cleator . Florence L. . Bray . https://books.google.com/books?id=XchYAAAAMAAJ&q=Eagleville&pg=PA180 . May 16, 2020.
- The Churchill County location was added to the GNIS database in 1958 at the request of K.V. Steinbrugge for publication purposes. Steinbrugge was a structural engineer who wrote about the 1954 earthquake near Fairview, Nevada.
- Book: Murbarger, Nell . Nell Murbarger . Ghosts of the Glory Trail . March 1978 . Desert Magazine Press . 258 . 978-0913814598 . April 25, 2020.
