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 Bullionville Posted by:  brwhiz
N 37° 48.395 W 114° 24.372
11S E 728345 N 4187524
Nevada State Historical Marker No. 203 is located on the west side of US Highway 93 just north of Bullionville Road.
Waymark Code: WMF97M
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2012
Views: 9
This Historical Marker details the development of Bullionville as a significant milling center for the region's mines.
Marker Title (required): Bullionville
Marker Number (If official State Marker from NV SHPO website above, otherwise leave blank): 203
Marker Text (required):
Bullionville began early in 1870 when John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond removed their five-stamp mill at Hiko and placed it at this point. The enterprise prospered and during the next two years most of nearby Pioche's mills were located here because of the proximity to water. A twenty-one mile narrow gauge railroad, the Pioche and Bullionville, was completed in 1873 at a cost of $255,000 to haul ore from the Pioche mines to the reduction mills. Bullionville grew rapidly and by 1875 it had five mills, a population of 500 and the first iron foundry in eastern Nevada. During the same year a water works was constructed at Pioche which eventually led to the relocation of the mills. Although a plant was erected here in 1880 to work the tailings deposited by the former mills, this failed to prevent the decline of Bullionville.
County (required): Lincoln
Marker Type (required): Full Size (with blue painted mesh)
Other Marker Type (optional): None
Is Marker Damaged? (required): No
Other Damage Type (optional): None
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