Historical Markers of Lincoln County
Location: Southern Lincoln County, Lake Valley Directions: Along US 93, 14 miles north of Pioche
N38° 05' 43.6" W114° 34' 56.2"
Date Conquered: 4/13/07 Nearest Intersection: BLM road to Jackrabbit Quick Description: A marker remembering the very brief boom-to-bust mining camp of Jackrabbit. Signed: Yes -- Original cut-out shield! Severely faded and in bad shape. (Signed on both lanes of US 93.) Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Local legend attributes the discovery to the locator picking up a rock to throw at a jackrabbit and finding himself holding high grade silver. Located on the eastern slope of the Bristol Mountains, the Jack Rabbit District, named for the mine, was located in 1876 by Isaac Newton Garrison. Within months the camp, at one time named Royal City, had a store, saloon, boarding house and restaurant. Early mine production was about ten tons per day, carrying native silver in flakes, yielding about $40 per ton—sometimes as high as $2000 per ton. Total production of the District is estimated at about $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. Mine production declined during the 1880's, but when a fifteen-mile narrow gauge railroad was opened in 1891 between the Jackrabbit mine and Pioche, mineral production soon increased. After 1893 the mines fell silent except for several short periods of activity in 1906-07 and 1912-14. One unique feature about this area is its lack of pinyon pine. Almost all of the trees in the b.g are exclusively Utah Juniper. US 93: Another candidate for America's Loneliest Road? A chilly morning at the Jackrabbit marker.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Local legend attributes the discovery to the locator picking up a rock to throw at a jackrabbit and finding himself holding high grade silver. Located on the eastern slope of the Bristol Mountains, the Jack Rabbit District, named for the mine, was located in 1876 by Isaac Newton Garrison. Within months the camp, at one time named Royal City, had a store, saloon, boarding house and restaurant. Early mine production was about ten tons per day, carrying native silver in flakes, yielding about $40 per ton—sometimes as high as $2000 per ton. Total production of the District is estimated at about $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. Mine production declined during the 1880's, but when a fifteen-mile narrow gauge railroad was opened in 1891 between the Jackrabbit mine and Pioche, mineral production soon increased. After 1893 the mines fell silent except for several short periods of activity in 1906-07 and 1912-14. One unique feature about this area is its lack of pinyon pine. Almost all of the trees in the b.g are exclusively Utah Juniper. US 93: Another candidate for America's Loneliest Road? A chilly morning at the Jackrabbit marker.
Local legend attributes the discovery to the locator picking up a rock to throw at a jackrabbit and finding himself holding high grade silver. Located on the eastern slope of the Bristol Mountains, the Jack Rabbit District, named for the mine, was located in 1876 by Isaac Newton Garrison. Within months the camp, at one time named Royal City, had a store, saloon, boarding house and restaurant. Early mine production was about ten tons per day, carrying native silver in flakes, yielding about $40 per ton—sometimes as high as $2000 per ton. Total production of the District is estimated at about $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. Mine production declined during the 1880's, but when a fifteen-mile narrow gauge railroad was opened in 1891 between the Jackrabbit mine and Pioche, mineral production soon increased. After 1893 the mines fell silent except for several short periods of activity in 1906-07 and 1912-14. One unique feature about this area is its lack of pinyon pine. Almost all of the trees in the b.g are exclusively Utah Juniper. US 93: Another candidate for America's Loneliest Road? A chilly morning at the Jackrabbit marker.
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