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| Pyramid (GNIS 843007) appears on the 1964 Pyramid SW 1:24,000 topo. | | Pyramid (GNIS 843007) appears on the 1964 Pyramid SW 1:24,000 topo. |
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| Thompson and West (1880) state, "Pyramid District lies a few miles west of the south
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| end of Pyramid Lake. As early as 1860 prospectors
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| were through this region, and ledges were discovered,
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| but were considered of little value and were not
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| worked. The croppings along the surface are exposed
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| to view for a long distance, and lay unnoticed
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| for a number of years. On the sixth of March, 1876,
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| Dr. S. Bishop, of Reno, located the Monarch and was
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| soon followed by many others. The doctor had been
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| on a professional visit to the neighborhood, and had
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| found on a table in the house a piece of the rock,
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| which he took home with him, the result of the assay
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| inducing him to make the above location."
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| "A two-stamp prospect mill was erected by Bishop,
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| and the result of its workings caused quite a rush of
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| people to the new district. The ore so closely resembled
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| that of the Comstock that it was proclaimed
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| that "another Comstock" had been found, and some
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| went so far as to assert that it was the same vein as
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| its noted predecessor of Mount Davidson."
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| "Pyramid City was at once laid out, and a boarding
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| house and a few buildings were erected, the population
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| soon amounting to nearly 150. During the
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| summer of 1876 daily crowded stages ran from Reno
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| to Pyramid City. Another town, called Cold Springs,
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| was also started some three miles to the east. The
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| district was organized at a miners' meeting, held
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| April 12, 187G. Five town sites were surveyed, and
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| all the springs and mill sites in the vicinity were
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| located."<ref>Myron Angel, David F. Myrick, "[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.32106000657830 Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Nevada, 1881,]" p. 544, (1881, 1958).</ref>
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| Thompson and West (1881) state, "[[Jonesville]] was laid out two miles from [[Pyramid City]], at which point is situated the Jones & Kinkead
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| Mine, the most important in the district, and
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| the one on which the most work has been done.
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| Work has been temporarilj' suspended on this
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| mine, and as the developments in other claims have
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| not proved as satisfactory as hoped, the district is
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| but lightly populated. Pyramid City contains a
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| post-office and four buildings, and the town of Jonesville,
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| a hotel, a store and a dozen cabins."<ref>Myron Angel, David F. Myrick, "[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.32106000657830 Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Nevada, 1881,]" p. 643, (1881, 1958).</ref>
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| An 1884 Gazetteer states, "PYRAMID A town in Washoe county 86 miles northeast of Virginia City and 34 northeast of Reno the county seat nearest railroad station and banking point It contains a quartz mill and ships ore and lumber Population 100. Mail daily. Morral postmaster"<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=2CIzAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA513&ots=nnU2YnXvOV&dq=Murphy's%20salt%20works%20nevada&pg=PA508#v=onepage&q=Pyramid&f=falseNew Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory]," p. 511, 1884.</ref>.
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| In 1911, The Nevada Historical Society stated: "Pyramid City. While Carson and Fremont were reconnoitering on Fremont's second exploring expedition in January 1844 they came upon a sheet of green water estimated to be about twenty miles in length. Rising from the middle of the lake was a remarkable rock which they judged to be six hundred feet in height and which had the appearance of the Pyramid of Cheops whereupon they named the lake Pyramid Lake. (footnote: Bancroft History of Nevada Colorado and Wyoming 58) Now in 1876 a town was laid out (footnote: Angel History of Nevada 148), which was called Pyramid City on account of its location on Pyramid Lake. The population of the place soon amounted to three hundred and stages were run between Reno and Pyramid City."<ref>Audrey Winifred Ohmert, A.B., "[https://books.google.com/books?id=HshYAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA92&ots=ABYH-8e1q5&dq=Sheephead%20Spring%20nevada&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q=pyramid&f=false The Significance of the Nomenclature in Washoe County, Nevada]," Biennial Report of the Nevada Historical Society, Issue 2, p, 90, 1911.</ref>
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| Carlson states that Pyramid City was 26 miles from Reno and about 6 miles west of the south end of the lake.<ref>Helen Carlson, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA196&ots=KQCsZgbZre&dq=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20nevada&pg=PA196#v=onepage&q=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20nevada&f=false Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary]," p. 196.</ref> Carlson states that the camp had two parts, [[Upper Pyramid]] and Lower Pyramid.
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| Upper Pyramid and Lower Pyramid are shown on the 1878 plat map.<ref>"[http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/1336 Township 10 North -- Range 21 East (T10NR21E)]," 1878.</ref>
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| == External Resources == | | == External Resources == |
| *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid,_Nevada Wikipedia, Pyramid, Nevada] | | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid,_Nevada Wikipedia, Pyramid, Nevada] |
| *[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:843007 GNIS Pyramid] - located on the shore of [[Pyramid Lake]], about 60 miles north of Virginia City and 43 miles northeast of Reno | | * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:843007 GNIS Pyramid] - located on the shore of [[Pyramid Lake]], about 60 miles north of Virginia City and 43 miles northeast of Reno |
| *[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:846194 GNIS Pyramid (historical)] - located south of Sutcliffe, about 25 miles northeast of Reno. | | * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:846194 GNIS Pyramid (historical)] - located south of Sutcliffe, about 25 miles northeast of Reno. |
| ** Variant: Lower Pyramid, Citation, "Original township survey plats, published in the 1800's. 1888"
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| ** Variant: Pyramid City, Citation: "Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1970, 492 pp. Gives historical background for mining towns and camps in Nevada. p35"
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| * Edward Waterman Townsend, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=5TE6AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&pg=PA295#v=onepage&q=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&f=false Anonymie at Pyramid City]," in '"Chimmie Fadden" ; Major Max: And Other Stories", p. 295-302, 1885. Short story about bread baking set in Pyramid City.
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| * Topo map, "[http://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/hmaps/id/4765 Reno (1893, Rp. 1945)]." "Pyramid" is shown west of the south end of Pyramid Lake.
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| * Joyce M. Cox, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrzJXcg9wlAC&lpg=PA62&dq=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&f=false Washoe County]," p. 62. Image of the Bishop's Monarch Mine, Nevada Historical Society WA00184. | | * Joyce M. Cox, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrzJXcg9wlAC&lpg=PA62&dq=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q=%22Pyramid%20City%22%20Nevada&f=false Washoe County]," p. 62. Image of the Bishop's Monarch Mine, Nevada Historical Society WA00184. |
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