Goldyke (Nye County) | We Visited: 6-7-2003 Our Dinner: Home-made garlic beans and Hebrew National Beef Knockwurst |
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38° 44' 14"N, 117° 52' 07"W - GOLDYKE quad |
Directions: Highway 50E from Fallon 47 miles to Middlegate and the junction of Highway 361; Turn S on SR361 for 36.1 miles, through Gabbs, to a large dirt road; drive S for 5.3 miles; turn left on local dirt road for 4.9 miles From Fallon: 93.3 miles |
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What Was Goldyke was part of the strike that cause Atwood to come into being. Paher says there was a small 5 stamp mill, and that Goldyke was smaller than Atwood. Post Office: Jan 1906 to Oct 1910 Newspaper: Daily Sun |
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What is The remains of a substantial rock building and some old car bodies are all that we could find of Goldyke. Scattered debris suggest a fair amount of activity in the late 1920's or thereabouts. |
The main road coming into Goldyke
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These cars are forever parked in front of Goldyke's
largest building
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Hard to say what was being attempted here- there is
a rotting cow in the ooze of this spring.
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