Mines in Nevada

Discover 20 mines in Nevada.

Anniversary Narrows

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Tunnel Camp and the Seven Troughs District

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

Florence and Little Florence Mines

Florence Hill, Nevada

Florence and Little Florence Mines

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

Gabbs Mine

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

Millett, Nevada

Ophir

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

Esmeralda Bank, in May 2022, after the May 2020 Monte Cristo earthquake.

Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

The old part of the Gold Hill Hotel, seen from the street.

Virginia City, Nevada

Gold Hill Hotel

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

Old shack by Nevada Quicksilver Mine, with pronghorn antelope.

Lovelock, Nevada

Nevada Quicksilver Mine

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

Yerington pit lake, May 2015. The road on the pit wall to the right indicates the relative depth.

Yerington, Nevada

Yerington Pit (Anaconda Copper Mine)

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

Hotel(?) foundation, Carrara.

Carrara

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

Three Kids Mine

Henderson, Nevada

Three Kids Mine

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Caliente, Nevada

Delamar Ghost Town

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

Ruins of the Wells Fargo building

White Pine County, Nevada

Hamilton Ghost Town

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

Digging for tailings

Winnemucca, Nevada

Royal Peacock Black Fire Opal Mine

Mine your own precious stones.

Standing in front of Bowers Mansion

New Washoe City, Nevada

Bowers Mansion

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Techatticup Mine.

Techatticup Mine

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.