Daveytown, Nevada
Ghost town in Nevada, United States
41°17′42″N 117°54′11″W / 41.29500°N 117.90306°W / 41.29500; -117.90306[1]Daveytown is a ghost town located in Humboldt County, Nevada about twenty four miles north-northwest of Winnemucca and east of the Slumbering Hills. [1] Daveytown is named for the Davey Mine.[2]
Daveytown was an active mining area from 1910 until the 1930s. [3]
In 1938, the Davey Mine was no longer owned by the Davey family and was known as the Mayday Mine. The Mayday Mine had a ten stamp mill and a tailings mill at Daveytown. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Daveytown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ^ Carlson, Helen S. (1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780874170948. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ^ Smith, Regina C. (1983). Prehistory and history of the Winnemucca District. p. 122. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ^ Calkins, Frank C. (1938). Gold Deposits of Slumbering Hills, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. p. 17. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
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