The Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad - Jean, NV
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jiggs11
N 35° 46.755 W 115° 19.495
11S E 651397 N 3960758
ECV marker recounting the history of the Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad.
Waymark Code: WMQT9W
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2016
Views: 5
New marker located across the road from the side entrance to the Gold Strike Casino and Hotel. The Jean, NV ECV marker is located directly across the street by the entrance statues, and the Arrowhead Highway marker is on the reverse.
Marker text reads:
Built in 1911, The Yellow Pine Mining Company Railroad was a twelve and a half mile long narrow gauge railroad connecting the town of Goodsprings with the Union Pacific Railroad here in Jean. The railroad was built using materials from the defunct Quarter Mine Railroad in Searchlight, Nevada. The Yellow Pine Mining District covered the area around Goodsprings and the Sandy Valley area. The primary ores mined were zinc and lead. Other mines produced gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt and uranium.The district went through several booms and busts and by 1930 the Railroad was out of business. The rails were torn up in 1934 but the right-of-way can still be seen along the road between Jean and Goodsprings.
Dedicated this 27th day of April, 2014
By the Queho Posse Chapter 1919
E Clampus Vitus
In conjunction with the
Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall
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