Marker Title (required): Ward Mining District
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Number (If official State Marker from NV SHPO website above, otherwise leave blank): 54
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Text (required): The ghost town of Ward, in the foothills of the Egan Range, lies some eight miles west of here. Booming from 1876 until 1882, with a peak population of 1,500, Ward was somewhat of a lawless mining camp. Early killings did occur, but justice was meted out by the vigilante committee and the hanging rope.
A million dollars worth of silver was taken from a single chamber of the Ward Mine, yet the abandoned house was used for the first school and no movement was ever started to build a church.
The town was abandoned by the late 1880s, but new discoveries and better mining methods prompted a resurgence of activity in 1906 and again in the 1960s.
![](/images/spacer.gif) County (required): White Pine
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Type (required): Full Size (with blue painted mesh)
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![](/images/spacer.gif) Is Marker Damaged? (required): No
![](/images/spacer.gif) Other Damage Type (optional): None
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