37°56'24.8"N 116°25'11.2"W

A brief overview from the Nevada Bureau of Mines:

EDEN DISTRICT- The Eden mining district is located on the east side of the northern Kawich Range about 70 miles east of Tonopah. The district lies southeast of Kawich Peak along what Ball (1907) refers to as Little Mill Creek Canyon (now known as Eden Creek). Mines and prospects are located in the northwest quarter of Township 1 North, Range 49 East, Nye County. Ball recounts that the first locations in the district were made in February 1905. Lessors were reportedly working near the mouth of Eden Creek in 1906 and 1907, and the presence of stamp mill remains there indicates early mining activity (Kral, 1951). Exploration was done in the district in 1923-24 and 1926-34, but no production resulted from that activity. There is no recorded production from the district and Kral (1951) assumes a total district production of less than $10,000.
-DISTRICT SUMMARY; NBMG OPEN FILE REPORT 86-14

MINE NAME: South Gold Mining Company
COMMODITY: Silver
PRODUCTION: About $5,000, part from placers, has been reported. USBM records indicate that 17 ounces of gold and 66 ounces of silver were mined from underground working between 1935 and 1942
DEVELOPMENT: Workings include a 1,000 foot adit caves at the portal, a 500 foot adit, and a 300 foot adit. A 35 ton per day mill was built about 1938
PERIOD OF ACTIVITY: The property was worked between 1930 and World War II
- Mineral Resources in the Vicinity of the Nellis Air Force Base and Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range, Clark, Lincoln and Nye Counties, 1977

Early findings around Eden generated the usual interest

THE NEW CAMP OF EDEN. Whenever a new camp is opened up on the desert there is a rush of prospectors to the new Eldorado. Generally when the news of the discovery is made public all, or nearly all, of the desirable locations are taken up for a mile or two in every direction from the initial discovery on which pay values were found. The late corners spread out and locate pound for another mile or two and the result almost invariably is that another camp or two is found that gives promise of being as good as the first one. All of southwestern Nevada is so highly mineralized that prospectors are confident of finding colors in every little hill or low rising range of hills. Silver Bow was discovered some six months ago but the fact did not become known to newspaper readers until about three months ago. Two months ago the surplus population of prospectors discovered ore that panned well eight miles northeast of Silver Bow and named the new district Eden on account of there being an abundance of running water and plenty of timber. William Castle is credited with having uncovered the first ore and he was grub-staked by Senator Oddie, A. D. Nash and Major Gardner. He located in the neighborhood of 8OO acres in which there are five prominent out-cropping ledges and rich float was found on nearly every one of the locations made by him. Shallow shafts have been sunk and trenches for a distance of over a mile have been made. Ore that assays from $80 to $90 has been secured from one place where there is five feet of quartz exposed. Picked samples have been tested that went into the hundreds. Locations have been made in all directions from the original find. Pannings and assays have been secured from a wide area that would indicate the presence of ore shoots. Eden is located about 70 miles east and north of Goldfield and a score or more of prospectors left for there from here in the past few days.
-Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune, July 28, 1905

Predictions of permanency aside, it's doubtful the creek could provide the water envisioned for this new metropolis, but nobody would die of thirst, probably.

TOWNSITE OF EDEN
Eden Mining District
8 Miles from Silver Bow
MINES    WOOD     WATER
The Eden Townsite Company, owning a beautifully situated tract in the heart of the rich Eden Mining District, is now offering lots for sale at from $50 for inside lots to $150 for corners. Mines have already been developed in the Eden District and leasers are now sacking ore. The permanency of the camp is assured, and those desiring to secure lots should make application at once.
There is a stream of water running through the town large enough to supply the needs of the mines and a city water works. There is wood in abundance for fuel and mining purposes. Mr. T. L. Oddie, Mr. A. D. Nash, and Mr. M. C. Gardner, the owners of the townsite, own some of the most valuable mining property in Eden District, and work on their mines is being carrier on at the present time. Maps and photos on exhibition at office of J.A. Magill, Agent for Eden Townsite Co.
-Tonopah Bonanza, July 29, 1905

The newspapers always enjoyed publishing stories of strikes which promised riches to the men that found them.

EDEN
Tom Casey and Joe Hardy came in from Eden last night and felt as if they owned the town, and they had
good cause to, for they have uncovered ruby silver ore that goes 900 ounces on their property.
-Tonopah Bonanza, August 12, 1905

Eden. Several strikes have been made during the past ten days south of Eden. One in particular was made by a stranger from Missouri, who arrived in the camp last month to look up the ground he had secured some time ago. He got an old Nevada miner who was familiar with the country to assist him in finding his claims. They repaired to the ground and the old-timer said: "You have been buncoed; this ground isn't worth five cents." The Missourian, however, wanted to be shown and he started sinking a shaft in the soft wash. He worked hard for three days, when he tapped a ledge that not only surprised him but everybody in that section. Assays were obtained that went as high as $3,000 to the ton in gold. The Missourian was shown and is now willing to show others. He claims to have the garden of Eden, or at least a corner of it.
-Tonopah Bonanza, February 10, 1906

The corporations began moving in.

NEVADA GOLD SIGHT COMPANY
A Company to Develop a Choice Piece of Ground Near Eden
M. T. Rowland, an eastern capitalist. who spent a couple of months in this section early last spring and who returned East in May to complete the organization of a company to take over and develop a choice piece of ground in the vicinity of Eden, in the Kawich range, returned to Tonopah Wednesday night. He was quite successful on his mission and succeeded in organizing the Nevada Gold Sight mining company, with the following officers: M. T. Rowland, president and general manager, Wm. M. Traver of Nebraska, Charles D. Young of Bartellaville, Indian Territory and Henry Schmidt of Tonopah, directors. Mr. Rowland will put eight men to work on the property next Tuesday and expects to do 400 feet of development work before the first of next January. The property has been known for some time as the Samsel & Smith ground and the splendid showings on it have attracted considerable attention. It is not very far from where the new smelter will be built.
-Tonopah Bonanza, July 28, 1906

Well, I don't think she was "nearly nude" but I bet she was cold!

AWFUL EXPERIENCE OF INSANE WOMAN
NEARLY NUDE WOMAN SPENDS NIGHT UPON BLEAK NEVADA DESERT.
After a most harrowing experience, which included a night upon the bleak Nevada desert, with no food and hardly any clothing enough to cover her, Mrs. Mary Harding is confined in a room at the St. Francis Hotel in this city, suffering from a mental aberration which takes the form of religious mania. The experiences Mrs. Harding are almost beyond belief. That a woman of her constitution should undergo the privations and hardships which have been her lot during the past three or four days and still live to tell the tale is little short of miraculous. But such is the case, however, and further, there is every probability that of Mrs. Harding's reason will be restored and that she will in time return with her husband to their home clothed in her right mind. Mr. and Mrs. Harding are residents of a little mining camp known as Eden, in the Belle Hellen district, about fifty miles from Tonopah. Up to two weeks ago naught had occurred to mar the harmony of the home life of the couple. About that time, however, Mrs. Harding began to show signs of insanity. At first not much attention was paid to her actions, as it was not thought that her trouble would assume a serious form. For some time Mrs. Harding had been deeply interested in matters religious, and as her mania was of a religious nature it was looked upon as simply over-enthusiasm over her hobby and but little attention was paid to the matter by her husband. On the morning of the 23rd of the month, however. Mrs. Harding eluded the watchfulness of her husband, departed alone for unknown parts. Hardly has she left her home when her absence was discovered and Mr. Harding immediately started in search of his missing wife and overtook her at Five Mile. Here were also two friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harding, but in spite of their watchfulness the latter again escaped about 10:30 in the evening and not until the next forenoon was she again found. Clad only in her house garments, with no food, no fire, the sufferings which the demented woman must have experienced can be better imagined than described. Anyone who has passed a night upon the desert at this time of the year can readily understand that her experience must have been any thing but pleasant. The ground was frozen, making it impossible to follow the woman by her footsteps, and it was only by mere chance that she was discovered on the morning of the 24th. At the time of her departure from Five Mile Mrs. Harding carried with her a string of beads, a cross, a candle and some matches and during all of her wanderings not one of the articles were lost. During the night she had torn her clothing badly, so that when discovered most of her garments were in rags. After her capture a close watch was kept upon the unfortunate woman, and on Christmas Eve she was brought to this city in the care of her husband and a friend from Five Mile. She was at once taken to apartments in the St. Francis, where a physician attended her, and did all in his power to relieve her sufferings. During Christmas day, and night her husband untiringly guarded his afflicted wife, and yesterday morning she appeared before the Clerk of the Court Charles Bevis, where an official examination as to her condition was made. Upon the testimony of two physicians of Tonopah, Mrs. Harding was committed to the State insane asylum at Reno, to which place she will be taken on the train this morning. Sheriff McMahon has appointed Mr. Harding, the husband, a temporary deputy sheriff, to convey the woman to the to institution. This was done in view of the fact that he is better acquainted than any other with the strange notions of which his wife is possessed, and it was thought by those in authority that the trip would he easier upon the afflicted woman than should she go in the care of a stranger, which would naturally have the effect of increasing her mania in a degree. The physicians who passed upon Mrs. Harding's condition are of the opinion that a stay of a few months in the State institution, with its in quietness and facilities for treating eases of this character. will restore her mind to its normal condition, and that she will then be able to again return to her home a well woman, free from the delusion which now makes her incarceration necessary.
-Tonopah Bonanza, January 5, 1907

I'll bet this was an uncomfortable trip. Typical heavy trucks of the era had solid rubber tires, a four cylinder engine, and probably topped out at 30 mph. I imagine the ride was no better than that of a lumber wagon.

SUPPLIES STARTED FOR EDEN CREEK
A five ton truck of the Wittenberg Warehouse and Transfer Company left this morning for Eden Creek to deliver a large quantity of supplies to the property of the Eden Creek Mining Company. In addition to the supplies that are necessary to provide for the working crew, there was a large quantity of heavy timber and other mine accessories. Manager Mark Bradshaw is rushing matters along and has prepared a permanent camp with a view to crowding development for an indefinite period.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 21, 1922

Sometimes the weather would prevent supplies reaching you at all. Better stock up at every available opportunity.

EDEN CREEK IS CUT OFF FROM WHOLE WORLD
There is an over-abundance of snow covering the ground in the vicinity of Eden creek, according to Mark Bradshaw, general manager of the Eden Creek Mining company. who made an attempt to reach that property Sunday with a load of supplies. "Snow has drifted and an accumulation of ice has formed in the road leading to the mine, making it impossible to reach there," remarked Bradshaw this morning. "In some places the snow is 12 feet deep on one side of the road, with hardly a sign of the beautiful on the opposite side. Then the ice makes it impossible for one to get in either on foot or by conveyance. We have a number of men at work, but have no fear regarding their safety as there are plenty of supplies on hand to tide them over until the weather moderates."
- Tonopah Daily Bonanza, February 14, 1922

Mining activity slowed down in the late 1930's, but continued sporadically for many years afterwards.

EDEN CREEK TUNNEL NOW SHOWS GOOD ORE
Mark Bradshaw president of the Eden Creek Mining Co., reports that the Eden Creek tunnel on the east side of the Kawich range is now in little over 1400 feet. At this point. it has a vertical depth of 714 feet. A drift started on a vein showing near the breast of the tunnel has been sent along the vein 450 feet. Some good ore has been exposed in the drift. The ore is a silver sulphide carrying some gold values. The Eden Creek tunnel was started some years ago by the late Malcolm MacDonald. It was his intention to extend the tunnel to cut the big vein system showing on the surface.. He estimated that the distance would be about 2000 feet. This plan of development would open the vein system at about 1000 feet depth from the surface and following the dip of the vein would give a still greater depth. The property was taken over about two years ago by Mark Bradshaw who has associated with him California capitalists. J. W. Butler,, president of the California Bar association is also president of the Eden Creek Mining Co. Mark Bradshaw is a director and mine superintendent.
-Nevada State Journal, -June 20, 1923

To Install Washing Plant
Arrangements have been completed for installation of a joint washing plant and mill in the canyon between the Southgold and Crucible properties, and it is hoped to have the plant in operation early next spring. Estimated tonnage of the mill was placed at 50 tons. Recovery will be made by gravity and amalgamation. Several hundred thousand tons of pay ore are now available on the surface, affording economical and efficient handling.
-Nevada State Journal, September 22, 1930

Southgold Has Testing Plant At Eden Creek
Oregon Men Will Experiment With Eroded Material
Papers have been signed at Tonopah granting A. E. Church and Tom Grindrod of Portland, Ore., a lease on the overburden or eroded material on the South-gold property at Eden creek, 55 miles east of Tonopah. Church and Grindrod have perfected and patented a radically new dry concentrator, and the two men propose to install one of these on the Southgold property, the Times reports. They spent a week sampling the ' overburden, which already had been opened up extensively, and are convinced they can handle the material at a substantial profit. The material is eroded vein ore and country rock and ranges in depth from a few feet to 10 feet or more. Random assays taken in the past of screenings, returned from $2 to as high as $15 a ton. From three or four tons of bank run material, are required to produce one ton of suitable screened material. Estimates made by mining engineers of tonnage available on top of Southgold hill range from 200,000 to 300,000 tons. Bulk of the gold is heavy. At times "nuggets" the size of a grain of corn are found and the source of this coarse gold has never been located. The initial plant the Portland men plan to install within the next 30 days will handle from 10 to 15 tons of screenings daily. Once the correct process is worked out and returns are assured, a plant capable of treating 500 to 750 yards of bank-run material daily will be placed in commission. Church and Grindrod left Tonopah Saturday for Portland, and will return with their equipment in from 10 days to two weeks. In the meantime there is a man on the ground at Eden creek, repairing roads. Principal properties of the district are owned by the Southgold Nevada Consolidated Mines co., equipped with a 40-ton mill and controlled by Clyde R. Terrell and associates. Terrell, formerly active in conducting the operation, is editor and publisher of the Tonopah Times and a veteran mine operator.
-Reno Evening Gazette, September 15, 1945

According to the townsite plat filed with Nye County, Eden Creek (then called Mill Creek) basically runs right through town. The place I have marked under "Map" is where the USGS says it's supposed to be, although the creek doesn't seem to be anywhere near that. In Preserving the Glory Days, Shawn Hall says it's 4 miles from the Eden Creek Ranch. The USGS location is almost exactly, 4.68 miles. If you go 0.58 miles north of the USGS location, there is a spot here (37°56'45.8"N 116°25'22.1"W) which fits Mr. Hall's specification and it also fits the plat map. So that is where the townsite was most likely located.