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Sulphur is a ghost town located on the Western Pacific Rail Road west of the Kamma Mountains.

Sulphur is named for the sulphur deposits, discovered in 1866.

The mining history of Sulphur may be found in the Sulphur Mining District article.

J. W. Rover was convicted of murdering Isaac Sharp at Sulphur and hung in Reno in 1878.^[1]^[2].

Wikipedia
GNIS
"Winnemucca County Ghost Towns," Sulphur was a major shipping and receiving point in the 1920s.
Trego, Robert, "Black Rock Desert Roads," Nevada State Journal, October 23, 1955, p10-11. Low resolution image of Sulphur, Robert Trego states that there were three or families living in Sulphur in 1955. Also mentioned are Trego and Jungo.
Photos 1955 Derailment of the California Zephyr near Sulphur.
http://nvghosttowns.topcities.com/humboldt/humlst.htm
Dorthoy Nylen, "The Color of Daffodils, the Smell of Rotten Eggs," Nevada State Museum Newsletter, January/February 2002. Includes image of boiler.

HU-404, "Nevada Sulphur Smelter," Nevada Historical Society.
HU-405, "New Mill for Grinding," Nevada Historical Society. Not sure of the location.
HU-406, "Nevada Sulphur Smelter," Nevada Historical Society.
HU-417, "Sulphur-Humboldt Co.," Nevada Historical Society.
HU-418, "Spring Belonging to Sulphur Works," Nevada Historical Society.
HU-661, "Hotel @ Sulphur in the 1920's," Nevada Historical Society.

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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulphur,_Nevada Wikipedia]
 * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:845687 GNIS]
-* "[http://books.google.com/books?id=YUMAAAAAMAAJ&dq=mcfarland%20spring%20black%20rock%20desert&pg=PA794#v=onepage&q=A%20sulphur%20mine%20in%20nevada&f=false A Sulphur Mine in Nevada,]" Steel and Iron, Volume 73, National Iron and Steel Publishing Company, 1903.
 * "[http://www.winnemucca.nv.us/outdoor_recreation_ghost_towns.html Winnemucca County Ghost Towns],"  Sulphur was a major shipping and receiving point in the 1920s.
 * Trego, Robert, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/nevada/reno/nevada-state-journal/1955/10-23/ Black Rock Desert Roads]," Nevada State Journal, October 23, 1955, p10-11.  Low resolution image of Sulphur, Robert Trego states that there were three or families living in Sulphur in 1955.  Also mentioned are [[Trego]] and [[Jungo]].