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Leadville is about 35 miles north of Gerlach on Highway 34. At one time, [[Ogle Swingle]] owned 3 of 5 patented claims at Leadville. | Leadville is a ghost town about 35 miles north of Gerlach on Highway 34. At one time, [[Ogle Swingle]] owned 3 of 5 patented claims at Leadville. | ||
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* [http://silverstateghosttowns.com/leadville.html Leadville] (Silver State Ghost Towns) | * [http://silverstateghosttowns.com/leadville.html Leadville] (Silver State Ghost Towns) | ||
* H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZKIx9NjbSZ8C&lpg=PA166&ots=vT1aIAYNLS&dq=lava%20beds%20pershing%20county&pg=PA200#v=snippet&q=leadville&f=false OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach]," p. 91, 1985. | * H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZKIx9NjbSZ8C&lpg=PA166&ots=vT1aIAYNLS&dq=lava%20beds%20pershing%20county&pg=PA200#v=snippet&q=leadville&f=false OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach]," p. 91, 1985. | ||
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Leadville is a ghost town about 35 miles north of Gerlach on Highway 34. At one time, Ogle Swingle owned 3 of 5 patented claims at Leadville.
Desert Magazine references
http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/search/node/leadville
- Doris Cerveri, "A Trip to Leadville," Desert Magazine, June 1968, pages 10-11. LEADVILLE, a small town now ghostly and deserted, did not make much of a splash ... significance. The stretch of highway from Reno to Leadville goes through Sparks, follows the Big Bend in the Truckee River at ...
- Peggy Trego, "The 40 Wilderness Miles North of Gerlach, Nevada," Desert Magazine, November, 1960. ... begins and the pavement ends is the 40-mile Gerlach-to-Leadville Road. If you can shuck the trappings of ultra-civilized travel, do ... and swamps north of Gerlach. Most maps don't even show Leadville - a highly photogenic "ghost town" - nor the petrified forest of ...
- "On Black Rock Desert Trails,"Desert Magazine, July 1951 ... in the southern part. We knew there was a ghost town - Leadville - approximately 50 miles north of Gerlach, and we'd heard rumors of a ... station operator if he thought we could make it through to Leadville. Running a critical eye over our dust-covered car and clothing, ...
- Nell Murbarger, "Navy Land Grab in Nevada's Black Rock Country," Desert Magazine, October 1956 ... day, I continued on north toward the old mining camp of Leadville. It seemed to me that in all the years I had known this land, I ... the hill and started across the flat near the head of Leadville Canyon - a band of 14 antelopes feeding peacefully not more than 100 ...
- Lost Hardin Silver, Mystery or Hoax?," Desert Magazine, April 1955... fulfillment of a long dream. After following the old Leadville road for about a dozen miles, we turned sharply into the desert, and ...
See Also
- Leadville (Silver State Ghost Towns)
- H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach," p. 91, 1985.