Monday, April 7, 2008

Nelson, NV - Ghost Town with a ghost mine

One of the biggest mining booms in state history occurred near here, in the El Dorado Canyon. Gold and silver copper and lead were discovered here around 1858 and the mines were active until 1945.









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