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.
   

Palmetto

 

Other Articles: Palmetto Wash Road: at NV Hwy 266  

Junction: Palmetto Wash Road

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525210 Full Size Image Patch of Sagebrush on the west side of Magruder Mountain.  

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.

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525060 Full Size Image Lida Summit  

Lida Summit

 

Other Articles: Field Notes: Last Chance Range, October 7, 2000

Locations: Magruder Mountain.  

Magruder Mountain

 

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Magruder Mountain, as seen from the Last Chance Range to the southwest.

  Full Size Image Lida    

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.

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Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040525025 Full Size Image Magruder Mountain from the east.  

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.
    Junction: Road to Gold Point.

Literature Cited:
- Rowland, S.M., L. K. Oliver, and M. Hicks,, 2008.    

Junction: Nevada Highway 774, to Gold Point
  Full Size Image Cottontail Ranch brothel at Lida Junction.    

Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: 41000  

Lida Junction

Junction: U. S. Highway 95, north to Goldfield, or south to Beatty.
   

Literature Cited

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Rowland, S.M., L. K. Oliver, and M. Hicks,. 2008. Ediacaran and early Cambrian reefs of Esmeralda County, Nevada: Non-congruent communities within congruent ecosystems across the Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic boundary. pp. 83–100 in Duebendorfer, E.M., and Smith, E.I., eds.,. Field Guide to Plutons, Volcanoes, Faults, Reefs, Dinosaurs, and Possible Glaciation in Selected Areas of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Geological Society of America Field Guide 11. Boulder Colorado: Geological Society of America, 2008. ...
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Date and time this article was prepared: 8/20/2010 10:34:16 AM