Sulphur Mining District
The Sulphur Mining District contains the ghost town of Sulphur.[1]
Devils Corral
Vanderburg (1938) writes: "The silver deposits occur at the south end of the sulphur deposits a short distance from a place called the Devil's Corral, a natural amphitheater formed by highly colored rocks"[2]
Mines
- Devils Corral
- Silver Camel Mine - Possible source of Hardin's specimen.
- Sulphur Mine
- "Nevada Sulphur Co leasing to Red River Lumber Co... Sulphur... Sulphur"[3]
References
- ↑ Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. See map for details.
- ↑ W. O. Vanderburg, "Reconnaissance of mining districts in Humboldt county, Nevada," U. S. Bureau of Mines 6995, p. 20, 1938.
- ↑ "Report of the State Inspector of Mines," p. 31, 1922"
- Clark, I. C., Recently Recognized Alunite Deposits and Sulphur, Humboldt County, Nev.: Eng. & Min. Jour., vol. 106, pp. 159-163. (From Vanderburg)
- 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 Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," p. 171, 1985.