Ghost Town

Blair

Esmeralda County, NV

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Short-lived Silver Peak district boomtown built 1906 when the Pittsburg-Silver Peak Gold Mining Company laid out a company town three miles north of Silver Peak rather than pay inflated townsite prices. By 1907 it hosted Nevada's largest stamp mill (100 stamps, later 120) and a spur of the Silver Peak Railroad; the mill closed in 1915 and the town emptied. Massive concrete mill foundations and scattered stone ruins remain on the hillside above the old townsite.

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RegionEsmeralda County, NV
Coordinates37.7930, -117.6493
ARPAArtifacts & structures are protected by federal law (ARPA) — take only photos, leave every relic in place.
Era1906–1915 boom
LandmarkPittsburg-Silver Peak stamp mill foundations
AccessGraded dirt / short walk from NV-265 spur
NearbySilver Peak / Fish Lake Valley

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