Berlin Historic District (Berlin, Nevada)

The Berlin Historic District is a cultural monument in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada, United States, about 35 km east of Gabbs. The system includes the ghost town of Berlin and is part of the Berlin- Ichthyosaur State Park.

Since 1971 the Berlin Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

The Berlin Historic District is located on the west side of the Shoshone Range, at the edge of the Humboldt - Toiyabe National Forest and is located in the area of ​​Nye County, Nevada. Close to the unit performs the Nevada State Route 844 over.

The district is located 2,035 meters above sea level.

Ghost town of Berlin

The core of the Berlin Historic District is the ghost town of Berlin. It is an uninhabited, former miners settlement. The city had temporarily 300 inhabitants and 75 buildings.

Berlin is laid out in a U-shape and open to the east.

History

In May 1863, the first mining activities took place in the area, when a small group of prospectors discovered silver in Union Canyon and built a camp. A year later, the Union Mining District was established, which included the settlements Union, Ione, Grantville and a little later Berlin.

Even though in 1869 a first mining report from the Berlin Canyon was present, the mine was operating until 1896 recorded correctly. The following year, the city of Berlin was officially established.

The nearby town of Union functioned as a suburb of Berlin. The mine of Berlin consisted of tunnels with a total length of 5 km and promoted the passage of time gold and silver with a total value of just under one million U.S. dollars.

However, Berlin was never able to flourish to the extent such as the Tonopah and Goldfield boom towns. Although the number of inhabitants in 1905 was 300, but after the panic of 1907 and the miners' strike in the same year was The Atlantic and Pacific Mining Company bankrupt, which led to a shift of the miners. 1911 Berlin was almost completely deserted and already had to be resolved.

On November 5, 1971, the city was incorporated as Berlin Historical District on the National Register of Historic Places.

State today

The remaining 13 well- preserved buildings include, among other things, the house of the mine overseer, which is now used as an office of the park, the Control Board and a workshop. In addition, a mill could be obtained.

Even before the acquisition of Berlin in 1970 by the State of Nevada Ghost Town was maintained, which is why it is very well preserved even today.