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Battle Mountain is an unincorporated town in, and the county seat of, Lander County, Nevada, United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The population was 3,705 at the 2020 census . Its primary economic base is gold mining and, to a lesser extent, legalized gambling.
This band governs the Battle Mountain reservation, at , in Battle Mountain, Nevada Traditionally, they are the Tonomudza/ Tonammutsa [ 6 ] (Donammuzi) band of Western Shoshone. Their separate parcels of land total 683.3 acres (2.765 km 2 ).
Named for Frederick W. Lander, [3] chief engineer of a federal wagon route and Special Indian Agent in the area, it was one of the original 11 counties of Nevada when statehood was granted in 1864. Its first county seat was Jacob's Spring in 1862, which was moved to Austin in 1863, and finally Battle Mountain in 1979.
The Battle Mountains or Battle Mountain Range [4] is a mountain range in western Lander and southeastern Humboldt counties of Nevada. The communities of Battle Mountain and Valmy lie just to the east and north respectively along Interstate 80 in the Humboldt River valley. Nevada State Route 305 runs along the southeast side of the range from ...
A plane at Battle Mountain Airport. Battle Mountain Airport (IATA: BAM, ICAO: KBAM, FAA LID: BAM), also known as Lander County Airport, is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States. This general aviation airport is owned by Lander County and operated by the Battle Mountain Airport Authority.
Tosawiˑccɨh (Tosaˑwihi, Dosawii, White Knife Shoshone), [4] Battle Mountain, Nevada (perhaps variant name for the Tsogwiyuyugi) Tsaiduka (Tule Eaters), Railroad Valley, Nevada [3] Tsogwiyuyugi, Elko County, Nevada [3] Waitikka (Ricegrass Eaters), Ione Valley, Nevada [3] Watatikka (Ryegrass Seed Eaters), Ruby Valley, Nevada [3]
Gold-bearing skarn in the Battle Mountain region of northeast Nevada is an important target for mining. Up to 263 polymetallic veins contain sphalerite, galena, jamesonite and tetrahedrite. Polymetallic molybdenum, antimony, uranium, copper, gold zinc, lead and silver ores have been mined in the Reese River area since the 1800s.
The Nevada Central Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad completed in 1880 between Battle Mountain and Austin, Nevada. The railroad was constructed to connect Austin, the center of a rich silver mining area, with the Southern Pacific transcontinental railroad , at Battle Mountain.