Jungo

(surveying the) Desert Area near Jungo Nevada 1931

Jungo

• http://nvghosttowns.topcities.com/humboldt/humlst.htm Jungo came into being in 1910 as a station when the Western Pacific Railroad was completed. Became the major shipping point for a huge area. A substantial town developed but by the 1930s, its usefulness was gone and Jungo faded. Since the 1940s, only a handful of hearty souls have lived here. A large hotel from the early days still stands as do a number of other buildings.

Jungo Flat

• http://130.166.124.2/nv_panorama_atlas/page10/files/page10-1027-full.html

File:Jungo Hotel 1936.jpg

Jungo Hotel 1936

Jungo Hotel

• Painting of the Jungo Hotel by McCoy (Humboldt Museum)

• http://www.nytstore.com/ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=1585 (Dead link, 01-Dec-2013, possible source of Jungo Hotel picture?)

• http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/forum/board/?o=1gci&board_id=384&v=2I&page=23

• http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/forum/board/message/?o=1gci&thread_id=44047&v=7&page=1&nested=0

Jungo Road

Jungo Road is the road from Winnemucca to Gerlach, also known as "High Road", and as Nevada Road #2048 (?)

• http://www.bikes-n-spikes.org/rides/jungo.txt Joining the Jungo Boogie 100 Club - Winnemucca to Gerlach, NV

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5E2WROBHnI YouTube - Lost on Jungo Road

• http://bm.tribe.net/thread/e74315f1-9510-4c78-b354-ec422f43d7eb Traveling on Jungo Road

References

• Patent #1184044, WHEEL RIM. APPLICATION,", 1915, George B. Austin, Jungo.

• Nevada Historical Society, "Norton family correspondence, 1902-1936," Residents of Jungo.

• Time Magazine, "Jungo's Jumbo," Aug. 31, 1936

• The New York Times, "GROCER MILLING GOLD FROM HIS OWN MINE: San Francisco Paper Reports $500 a Day Output at Jungo, Nev. -- Hoover a Visitor", August 18, 1936.

• Berkeley Daily Gazette, "Epochal Gold Rush Expected at Jungo," August 29, 1936

• The New York Times, "A Dream of Gold Comes True," September 13, 1936. Includes images.

• The New York Times, "SUES OVER JUMBO MINE: Lender of $50 to Aid Gold Project Asks Third of '$50,000,000' Claim," November 5, 1936.

• Time Life Magazine, "photos of Jumbo Gold Mine-Jungo Nevada-Summer Geo. Austin And Family-Owners 1936." 195 photos of Jungo in 1936. Excellent photos

• Dayton Lummis, "Dust Devils," p. 72. By 1963, Jungo was deserted, but the hotel had not yet burned.

• Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names," p. 147. The Jungo post office operated from January 31, 1911 until May 31, 1952.

Geology References

• David L. Berger, "Ground-Water Recharge Through Active Sand Dunes in Northwestern Nevada," JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Volume 28, Issue 5, pages

• David L. Berger, "Ground-water conditions and effects of mine dewatering in Desert Valley, Humboldt and Pershing Counties, northwestern Nevada, 1962-91," USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report: 95-4119, 1994.

959–965, October 1992.

• Thomas J. Lopes, "Hydrologic Evaluation of the Jungo Area, Southern Desert Valley, Nevada," USGS Open-File Report 2010-1009, 2010.