Historical Markers of Nye County
Location: Central Nye County, Big Smoky Valley Directions: Along SR 376, 3 miles south of Carvers
Date Conquered: 4/15/08 Quick Description: A marker listing eight reasons why Round Mountain was a unique mining camp. Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 376. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... One of many early 1900 gold camps, Round Mountain is unique because: It has been a producer for more than 60 years. All the gold occurred in free, visible, metallic form. Many small, high-grade veins were easily mined with hand tools. Larger, lower-grade veins provided ore for milling plants. Placer gold occurred in economically recoverable amounts in the peripheral gravels at the base of the mountain which were first dry washed. Water was piped across the valley floor from two mountain creeks to recover the gold from the gravels by hydraulic mining for ten years. Still later, heavy equipment was used to mine the deeper gravels. Early promoter and operator, Louis D. Gordon, consolidated the many claims into Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc., in 1929. [96] Round Mountain has almost no base making it prime target for destruction. It's my hope that this gets fixed in the near future! The massive diggings of today's modern mining era. Round Mountain is one of Nevada's largest mining areas - 2nd producer in turquoise and 4th in gold.
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... One of many early 1900 gold camps, Round Mountain is unique because: It has been a producer for more than 60 years. All the gold occurred in free, visible, metallic form. Many small, high-grade veins were easily mined with hand tools. Larger, lower-grade veins provided ore for milling plants. Placer gold occurred in economically recoverable amounts in the peripheral gravels at the base of the mountain which were first dry washed. Water was piped across the valley floor from two mountain creeks to recover the gold from the gravels by hydraulic mining for ten years. Still later, heavy equipment was used to mine the deeper gravels. Early promoter and operator, Louis D. Gordon, consolidated the many claims into Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc., in 1929. [96] Round Mountain has almost no base making it prime target for destruction. It's my hope that this gets fixed in the near future! The massive diggings of today's modern mining era. Round Mountain is one of Nevada's largest mining areas - 2nd producer in turquoise and 4th in gold.
One of many early 1900 gold camps, Round Mountain is unique because: It has been a producer for more than 60 years. All the gold occurred in free, visible, metallic form. Many small, high-grade veins were easily mined with hand tools. Larger, lower-grade veins provided ore for milling plants. Placer gold occurred in economically recoverable amounts in the peripheral gravels at the base of the mountain which were first dry washed. Water was piped across the valley floor from two mountain creeks to recover the gold from the gravels by hydraulic mining for ten years. Still later, heavy equipment was used to mine the deeper gravels. Early promoter and operator, Louis D. Gordon, consolidated the many claims into Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc., in 1929. [96] Round Mountain has almost no base making it prime target for destruction. It's my hope that this gets fixed in the near future! The massive diggings of today's modern mining era. Round Mountain is one of Nevada's largest mining areas - 2nd producer in turquoise and 4th in gold.
It has been a producer for more than 60 years. All the gold occurred in free, visible, metallic form. Many small, high-grade veins were easily mined with hand tools. Larger, lower-grade veins provided ore for milling plants. Placer gold occurred in economically recoverable amounts in the peripheral gravels at the base of the mountain which were first dry washed. Water was piped across the valley floor from two mountain creeks to recover the gold from the gravels by hydraulic mining for ten years. Still later, heavy equipment was used to mine the deeper gravels. Early promoter and operator, Louis D. Gordon, consolidated the many claims into Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc., in 1929. [96] Round Mountain has almost no base making it prime target for destruction. It's my hope that this gets fixed in the near future! The massive diggings of today's modern mining era. Round Mountain is one of Nevada's largest mining areas - 2nd producer in turquoise and 4th in gold.
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