La Panta (Mineral County) | We Visited: 8-9-2003 Our Dinner: Italian sausage and eggs |
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38° 44' 48"N, 117° 51' 24"W - GOLDYKE quad |
Directions: Highway 95S from Fallon 71.4 miles to Hawthorne; continue east on Highway 95S out of Hawthorne for 9.5 miles and turn right on Garfield Flats Road; South on Garfield Flats road for 5.5 miles; turn left on local road for 0.3 miles From Fallon: 86.7 miles |
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What Was Discovered and mostly active in the 1870's and 1880's. The La Panta Mine is said to have produced $300,000 in ore, mostly gold, but by 1936 the property was idle and the equipment removed. (Mines of Churchill and Mineral County) Post Office: Newspaper: |
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What is Not really a ghost town per se, but this was a productive mine with some support structures, one of which is still standing. |
An old peice of glass
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This shack is made out of hollow boxes.
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Hoisting machinery waits at the La Panta Mine
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