Historical Markers of Churchill County
- HM 10 - Sand Mountain
- HM 19 - Ragtown
- HM 26 - Forty Mile Desert
- HM 27 - Grimes Point (Prehistoric Rock Art Site)
- HM 83 - Rock Creek (Cold Springs Station)
- HM 110 - Wagon Jack Shelter
- HM 111 - Edwards Creek Valley
- HM 135 - New Pass Station
- HM 147 - A Home of Early Man
- HM 161 - Churchill County Courthouse
- HM 178 - Hazen
- HM 201 - Wonder (Historic Mining Camp -- 1906-1919)
- HM 202 - Fairview (1905-1917)
- HM 215 - Lahontan Dam
- HM 216 - Stillwater
- HM 263 - Oats Park School
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*HM 201*
-- Wonder (Historic Mining Camp-- 1906-1919) --
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Location: Central Churchill County, Middlegate Area
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Date Conquered: 8/13/07
Quick Description: A marker remembering a short-lived mining camp.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of US 50.
GPS:
LAT, N39° 17' 13.3" LON, W118° 09' 43.8"
Full Description:
Located 13 miles to the north is the camp of Wonder, a major mining center in the early years of this century. Thomas J. Stroud and several others made the first locations in March of 1906 and in June of that year, the Wonder Mining District was organized.
Wonder's boom was brief, but spectacular stores and saloons were in operation by mid-summer 1906, and a school was begun in 1907. Bench Creek provided water for the camp and an ice plant and a swimming pool made life somewhat more bearable. During a brief span of years, the Nevada Wonder Mining Company produced some $6,000,000 in silver, gold, copper and zinc.
Wonder's most prominent native daughter is Eva Adams, administrative assistant to Senator Patrick A. McCarran for many years and director of the U.S. Mint during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
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