Cactus Springs, Nye County, Nevada

This article is about the ghost town. For the town in Clark County, see Cactus Springs, Clark County, Nevada.

Cactus Springs, Nevada
Ghost Town
Cactus Springs, Nevada
Coordinates: 37°32′09″N 116°52′58″W / 37.53583°N 116.88278°W / 37.53583; -116.88278
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Nye

Cactus Springs is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is currently within the boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range.^[1]

Activity began in 1901 with the discovery of turquoise on Cactus Peak. Silver was discovered nearby in 1904, and by 1910 the Lincoln Gold Mining Company had constructed a small camp near its holdings called Camp Rockefeller.

Activity in the Cactus Range ended by 1935 and the camp never had a population greater than approximately 50 persons.

Notes

↑ "CACTUS SPRINGS". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.

References

Preserving the Glory Days, Shawn Hall: University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1981. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/cactussprings.htm

Municipalities and communities of Nye County, Nevada, United States

County seat: Tonopah

CDPs	Beatty Gabbs Pahrump Tonopah

Other unincorporated communities	Amargosa Valley Carvers Crystal Currant Duckwater Hadley Manhattan Mercury Round Mountain Scotty's Junction Sunnyside Tybo Warm Springs Yomba

Ghost towns	Adaven Allred Belmont Berlin Carrara Cactus Springs Gold Center Ione Lockes Nyala Potts Rhyolite

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