Historical Markers of Lincoln County
- HM 5 - Pioche
- HM 38 - Pahranagat Valley
- HM 39 - Panaca
- HM 55 - Caliente (Culverwell's Ranch)
- HM 57 - Old Boundary (Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)
- HM 90 - Delamar, "The Widow Maker" (1893-1909)
- HM 182 - Panaca Mercantile Store
- HM 160 - Panaca Spring
- HM 182 - Panaca Ward Chapel
- HM 203 - Bullionville
- HM 204 - Jackrabbit
- HM 205 - Crystal Springs
- HM 206 - Hiko
- HM 249 - Union Pacific Depot -- 1923
Nevada Landmarks Home Page
*HM 203*
-- Bullionville --
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Location: Southern Lincoln County, Cathedral Gorge, Panaca
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Date Conquered: 4/13/08
Nearest Intersection: Road to Cathedral Gorge
Quick Description: A marker remembering the brief boom-to-bust mining camp of Bullionville.
Signed: Yes -- Original cut-out shield! Severely faded. (Signed on both lanes of US 93.)
Full Description:
Exact description as reads.
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Bullionville began early in 1870 when John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond removed their five-stamp mill at Hiko and placed it at this point. The enterprise prospered and during the next two years most of nearby Pioche's mills were located here because of the proximity to water. A twenty-one mile narrow gauge railroad, the Pioche and Bullionville, was completed in 1873 at a cost of $255,000 to haul ore from the Pioche mines to the reduction mills. Bullionville grew rapidly and by 1875 it had five mills, a population of 500 and the first iron foundry in eastern Nevada. During the same year a water works was constructed at Pioche which eventually led to the relocation of the mills. Although a plant was erected here in 1880 to work the tailings deposited by the former mills, this failed to prevent the decline of Bullionville.
Courtesy of Sierra Life Photography.
Courtesy of Sierra Life Photography.
