Palmetto, Nevada

37.444444444444 - 117.695Koordinaten: 37 ° 26 ' 40 "N, 117 ° 41' 42 " W

Palmetto is a ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Location

Set back from the Nevada State Route 266 located on the southwestern slope of the Palmetto Mountains in the direction of the Fish Lake Valley the remains of this mining community.

Naming

Since the nearby numerous to place Joshua trees remembered the first settlers to Palmettopalmen, they renamed the city and special features of their environment Palmetto.

History

In 1866 was established at Palmetto Wash a settlement, which was regarded as a local center of the nearby silver mines in the area. This year also saw the still visible remains of an ore mill emerged. However, the silver deposits were found to be less rich than other places, so that the settlement was abandoned until 1869 again.

The discovery of new deposits in 1905 led to a brief resurgence of the city, living in the summer of 1906, about 200 people here. The boom was short-lived, at the end of 1906 began the decline, as the majority of the settlers in other places in the area - for example, Blair - departed.

In 1920, the last time was the attempt by the establishment of a settlement on the exploitation of the surrounding mines, this ended unsuccessfully before the end of the year.