Alunite - Railroad Pass, NV
N 35° 58.423 W 114° 54.698
11S E 688295 N 3983049
Located along the paved biking trail behind the casino.
Waymark Code: WMAH5H
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2011
Views: 9
Alunite
There's gold in them thar hills...or is there
Seeking Pay Dirt
In 1908 mining engineer Robert T Hill staked a claim in Railroad Pass hoping to find gold deposits as rich as those in Goldfield to the north and Searchlight to the south. Hill reasoned hat gold could surely be foind at this location, since he had discovered large deposits of alunite, a white mineral typically used as an indicator of gold deposits.
Dust in the Wind
Hill formed a syndicate and built a bustling mining camp known as Camp Alunite southwest of here with a blacksmith shop, stables, an assay office, and tent houses for his miners. Hill and his syndicate sank several shafts in the mountains and flats around Railroad Pass - but they ran out of money without finding the elusive wealth Hill believed was there. The Railroad Pass gold boom went bust and Camp Alunite was abandoned, its buildings and workings reclaimed by the desert.
Group that erected the marker: unknown
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Boulder Hwy
Henderson, NV usa
00000
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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