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Divide Mining District, Nye County, Nevada

Divide Mining District, Nye County, Nevada

The Divide district, originally known as Gold Mountain, is situated about 5 miles south of Tonopah in the Klondyke Hills. Renamed Divide after new discoveries in 1917, it is centered on the divide along the Tonopah-Goldfield road, west of Gold Mountain (6,647'). Nearby, the Gold Reef district lies

From the Archives: Another Big Smelter in Greenwater District.

The Death Valley Railroad (Northern Section)

The Death Valley Railroad (Northern Section)

We explore the northern 4 miles of the Death Valley Railroad and find an early 1900s cemetery.

The Baby Gauge tracks head into the distance.

The Baby Gauge Railroad

On this adventure, we explored the northern end of the Greenwater Range and the old "Baby Gauge" extension of the Death Valley Railroad. The "Baby Gage" Railroad was a 24-inch narrow gauge branch of the 36-inch narrow gauge Death Valley Railroad, which itself was a branch