Ghost Town

Sulphur

Humboldt County, NV

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Western Pacific Feather River Route station and sulfur-mining camp on the east edge of the Black Rock Desert / Kamma Mountains. The railroad town and associated workings rose and fell with desert mineral traffic; foundations and desert rail corridor remnants remain on remote public-land approaches west of Winnemucca / Empire country.

Facts

RegionHumboldt County, NV
Coordinates (approx.)40.8746, -118.7365
ARPAArtifacts & structures are protected by federal law (ARPA) — take only photos, leave every relic in place.
EraWestern Pacific station / sulfur camp
GNISfeature_id 845687 Sulphur
SettingBlack Rock Desert / Kamma Mountains fringe

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