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Carrara - A town founded on marble quarrying, the settlement got its start as early as 1904, but it wasn't officially dedicated until 1913. The post office closed in 1924. A cement company built several buildings about a mile north of the townsite in 1936, but it never began operations. The ruins of several large stone buildings associated with the old cement company can still be seen. At the townsite itself, little is left but a few foundations. Up the hill are the sparse remains of the Gold Ace Mine and the marble quarries. It is located 8.75 miles south of Beatty, Nevada on US 95.

 

Charlestown - Located in Nye County, Nevada, Charlestown was an obscure railroad and mining camp that came into existence in 1906 as the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad progressed westward to Rhyolite. When the railroad tore up its tracks in 1918, the camp was abandoned. Only some wood rubble from the water tank tower marks the site.

 

Carrara, Nevada

Mill ruins in Carrara, Nevada courtesy Nevada Tumbleweed

Chloride City - This settlement was established in 1905 when the Bullfrog strike brought people into the area to re-work old mining claims, established as early as 1873. Having a very short life, it became a ghost town within a year. It was revived in 1916 and the remains that can be seen today are primarily from that time period. A few mine openings, mill ruins, dumps, and the remains of three stamp mills can be seen in the area along with the grave of a man named James McKay, of whom nothing is known. It is located in the East-central side of Death Valley; 14 miles Southwest of Beatty, Nevada.

 

Currie Well - Currie Well's claim to fame rests mostly on its use as a desert watering hole for stages and trains traveling between Rhyolite and Goldfield. Located some eleven miles north of Rhyolite, the water from this site was first used to supply thirsty horses, mules, teamsters and passengers traveling through the area. The site was claimed in succession by several miners and entrepreneurs, who tried to eke out a living by selling water,  travelers providing meals, and forage for animals. There is no indication that these efforts, which lasted intermittently from 1907 to 1909, ever paid off. Sporadic efforts were also made in later years to improve the well site, with no obvious degree of success, and in 1911 two intrepid souls attempted to start a farm garden and alfalfa field. Again, the short life of these operations indicates that they were entirely unsuccessful.

The two brief spurts of real activity which surround the well site came during 1907, when the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad's construction crew made the place a work camp due to its water source, and during 1909, when the owner of the well tried unsuccessfully to improve the water flow in order to pipe it to adjacent mines. These spurts of activity were brief, however, and soon died out. Several short-lived mining companies also briefly tried to develop their claims in the area, but all these efforts died quickly.

 

Today, the site is littered with debris, but still contains some low stone walls and the ruins of a small beehive furnace. it is located about 11 miles north of Rhyolite alongside the grade of the abandoned Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad.

 

Gold Bar, NevadaGold Bar - A small mining camp in the Bullfrog Mining District, it got its start in 1905 at the base of the Gold Bar Mine and the Homestake-King Mine and Mill. Sitting side by side, the mines seemed to do very well for the first several years partly because of their close proximity to the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, making the transportation of ore much less costly. The townsite of Gold Bar eventually supported about 50 people and had a number of substantial buildings. In the end, the Gold Bar Mine turned out to be a swindle, with the only people making any money being the promoters.

 

 

However, the Homestake-King Mine was one of the most honestly and wisely run companies of its time. However, by 1908 the recession caused by the Panic of 1907 caught up with Gold Bar, as well as nearby Rhyolite, and operations began to slow down and eventually stop. The Gold Bar Mine closed in 1908 and the Homestake-King, the following year. Most of the buildings were then moved to Rhyolite. In the 1930's the Homestake-King was purchased and in 1937 was being worked by 14 men. However, it was short lived. It is now part of the Death Valley National Park. There is nothing left of the mining camp, and only a little of the Gold Bar property -- a few shafts, adits, and the foundations of the mill site. Of the Homestake-King mine, there are several ruins including shafts, adits, and six very large foundations of the mill. To get to the site, travel west from Bullfrog one mile and take a right at the fork. Continue for another ½ mile and take another right at the fork. follow this road for 3 ½ miles to Gold Bar.

 

 

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