Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Nevada Highway 266 |
| Tom Schweich |
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| Other Articles: California Highway 168: 27000 CA Hwy 266: 50000 Junction:
California Highway 168, west through Deep Springs Valley to Big Pine on U. S. Highway 395.
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| Palmetto
| Other Articles: Palmetto Wash Road: at NV Hwy 266 Junction: Palmetto
Wash Road | |  Patch of
Sagebrush on the west side of Magruder Mountain. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525210
South of the road is a small patch of Sagebrush. I found many different plants around the edges of the Sagebrush in the ecotone between the Sagebrush and the Pinyons.
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Summit Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525060
| Lida Summit
|  Magruder Mountain, as seen from the Last Chance Range to the southwest.
Other Articles: Field Notes: Last Chance Range, October 7, 2000 Locations: Magruder Mountain. | Magruder Mountain
|  Lida
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Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525030 20040525040 Locations: Lida.
| Lida"Known as a contact point for Shoshone and Northern Paiute Indians, Lida Valley was the site of early prospecting in 1860's. Later prospectors organized a mining district in 1867 and laid out the town in 1872. Soon stores, shops, stables and a post office were established. Some ore was milled locally, yet high-grade ore ($500-$1,000 per ton) was treated at Austin or Belmont. After 1880 mining declined. Lida revived and thrived for three years during the Goldfield boom but declined again in 1907. Mining efforts resumed a few years later, and a small community existed here until World War I. (Nevada Historical Marker 157)"Later, having returned home and doing some research on the Internet, I learned that the town site of Lida comprises 124 lots all owned by Jack Vogt, a local cattle rancher. The ranch is for sale, with an offering price of $20,000,000.00. Included in the property are the historic town sites of Lida, Pigeon Spring, and Palmetto, as well as 2,882 acres and ten mining claims. |  Lida
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|  Magruder Mountain from the east. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525025 This photograph was taken from near
the intersection of Nevada Highway 266 and Nevada Highway 774, the road to Gold Point. Magruder Mountain in the right center. The range in right center are the Palmetto Mountains. Lida is in the valley between Magruder Mountain and the Palmetto Mountains.
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Junction: Road to Gold Point. |
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Junction: Nevada Highway 774, to Gold Point |
|  Cottontail Ranch brothel at Lida Junction.
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| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: 41000
| Lida JunctionJunction: U. S. Highway 95, north to Goldfield, or south to Beatty. If you have a question or a comment
you may write to me at: tas4@schweich.com I sometimes post
interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.
| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:35:17 PM |