Gold Mountain or Stateline - Nevada Ghost Town

GOLD MOUNTAIN or STATELINE

NAME: Gold Mountain or Stateline
COUNTY: Esmeralda
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 7
CLIMATE: Cool Winter, Hot summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime but summer.

COMMENTS: U.S.95 north to 266 west to Lida, bear left to 774 to Gold Point, Take road to left southwest to Gold Mountain.
REMAINS: Buildings remain with older rock structures.

ALTHOUGH GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED HERE IN 1864, GOLD MOUNTAIN DID NOT DEVELOP UNTILL 1881 DUE TO ITS REMOTE LOCATION, LACK OF WATER, AND INDIAN HARASSMENT. WITHIN A YEAR THE TOWN FEATURED A POST OFFICE, SEVERAL TYPES OF MERCHANTS AND FIVE SALOONS, BUT BY 1891 THE DIMINISHED POPULATION PROMOTED THE REMOVAL OF THE POST OFFICE. LATER REVIVALS CAUSED BRIEF FLURRIES OF MINING, BUT THE TOWN AND MINES WERE EVENTUALLY ABANDONED. Submitted by: Michael Mrofchak Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Sunset at Stateline. Top of mill ruins. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo	Old directional roadsign at junction to Stateline. January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Old directional roadsign at junction to Stateline. January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo Overview of Stateline from top of millsite. View is west down into the bottom of northernmost Death Valley. Last Chance Range visible in distance. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo Sunrise at Stateline. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo.

ALTHOUGH GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED HERE IN 1864, GOLD MOUNTAIN DID NOT DEVELOP UNTILL 1881 DUE TO ITS REMOTE LOCATION, LACK OF WATER, AND INDIAN HARASSMENT. WITHIN A YEAR THE TOWN FEATURED A POST OFFICE, SEVERAL TYPES OF MERCHANTS AND FIVE SALOONS, BUT BY 1891 THE DIMINISHED POPULATION PROMOTED THE REMOVAL OF THE POST OFFICE. LATER REVIVALS CAUSED BRIEF FLURRIES OF MINING, BUT THE TOWN AND MINES WERE EVENTUALLY ABANDONED.

Submitted by: Michael Mrofchak

Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo

Sunset at Stateline. Top of mill ruins. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo

Old directional roadsign at junction to Stateline. January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo

Stateline, January 3, 2000. David A. Wright photo

Overview of Stateline from top of millsite. View is west down into the bottom of northernmost Death Valley. Last Chance Range visible in distance. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo

Sunrise at Stateline. May 2000. D.A. Wright photo.

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