- From Las Vegas take I-15
North to 93
- Take 93 North - just past
the Mile Marker 76
- From Vegas to this point is
about 131 Miles.
- ***** Just past the Mile
Marker 76 will be a *****
- small sign (Delamar)
will be to the right
-
From 93 - onto a dirt road -
will pass 2 cattle guards.
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It will be the first left past
the 2nd Cattle Guard.
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From 93 to the Left turn is
about 5 Miles. Then it will be 6 miles from the start of
the Left turn to the Cemetery.
Then 3 miles up the Hill to the
Ghost Town.
Going back to Vegas,
when you get out to where you would take a right turn. to go
back out to 93. If you take a left there - go a long way down to
what I call the 4 corners, It would be like a intersection on
the dirt road. could go straight or left or right. TAKE A RIGHT
- that will take you just south of Alamo. Cut out about 15 miles
from the trip.
Delamar Ghost Town
Delamar "THE WIDOW
MAKER" 1893 - 1909
Gold was discovered
here in 1889, this isolated, treeless metropolis of over 1500
residents had a newspaper, Hospital, School, Churches, Saloons,
and a Stockbroker. Entertainment included Brass Bands, Dance
Orchestras, and stage attractions at the opera house.
Water came from meadow
Valley wash, 12 miles away. all other materials were hauled
thought the mountains by mule team 150 miles from railhead at
Milford, Utah. For 16 Years most of the bullion was hauled out
in the same manner.
The dry milling
processes used prior to the introduction of wet methods created
a fine silicon, or "DEATH" dust which caused the deaths of many
residents and gave the town it's nickname. "WIDOW MAKER"
Delamar produced
$15,000,000 in gold and was Nevada's leading producer of that
decade. Delamar is off US 93, approx 16 miles west of Caliente,
Nevada. Drive about 15 miles south on a gravel / Rock road to
Delamar.
No more sign's are
posted on the road.
Remains well worth the
drive and there are lots of exploration opportunities. but
please use your camera and not your shovels and picks.
There are building &
Cemetery, farm implements, etc. The town site is deserted and
quite a few remains, as it's hard to reach destination has
preserved it longer then normal. the gold rush was on in the
Pahrangat Valley of Nevada when farmers in 1890 and 1891
discovered gold in the hills around the mountainous valley. In
1892, the Ferguson Mining District was formed. Reports came into
Pioche that assays of $75 to $1000 a Ton of ore was being mined
resulting in the first rush of miners stampeding to the
district.
While miners
temporarily camped in Golden City and in the town of Helene, the
town of Delamar soon developed shortly thereafter when Capt.
John Delamar of Montana purchased the principal claims in 1893
for $150,000 and established the early settlement of the town.
The first Post Office
was opened in June 1894, and by the end of 1895, the camp had
became a full fledged town containing many businesses and more
then 300 dwelling. By 1897, Delamar was home to more then 3,000
residents and supported numerous stores.
1900 when a fire
destroyed half the town. Capt. Delamar sold his interest in the
mines which had produced an estimated $8.5 Million in gold.
been rumored that
$70,000 in bullion was hidden here and apparently has never been
recovered.
The New owner, under
the control of Simon Bamberger continued to out produce all
other mines in the State until 1909 but the operation was closed
soon after. The site was reopened briefly from 1929 ~ 34 and
evidence of mining operation continues there today.
Nested in the Delamar
Mountain range is standing rock buildings, mill ruins and a
cemetery, which some relatives apparently still, Visit. |
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