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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hawthorne CDP has a total area of 1.76 square miles (4.6 km 2), all land. [1] Walker Lake is 7 miles (11 km) to the north, and the Wassuk Range overlooks the town from the west. The highest point in the range and in Mineral County, 11,239-foot (3,426 m) Mount Grant, is 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Hawthorne.
Lucky Boy is a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) southwest of Hawthorne. The Lucky Boy Mine was located east of the town [2] on the east slope of the Wassuk Range, discovered by men repairing a stage road over a pass. [3] In 1909 there were about 200 people in the camp. [3]
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. Nevada has several census-designated places (CDPs) which are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. [1] [2]
Babbitt was a populated place established in Mineral County, Nevada, as a 1941 government housing facility for workers of the neighboring Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot. Subsequently used as a Cold War radar station ( Hawthorne Bomb Plot ), remaining town structures include the school building at the intersection of 21st Street and Yorktown ...
Additionally, a small cemetery was still visible near Stingaree Gulch, a mile (1.6 km) north of town. However, new mining technologies for obtaining fine gold particles from ore deposits, and an upswing in gold prices, brought renewed interest to the Rawhide area in the late 1980s.
Three years ago, JPMorgan Chase became the first bank with a branch in all 48 contiguous states. Now, the firm is expanding, with the aim of reaching more Americans in smaller cities and towns ...
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The Esmeralda vein, the discovery outcrop of the Aurora Mining District Aurora after 1910, when the town was first connected to electrical power.. Aurora is a ghost town in Mineral County in the west central part of the US state of Nevada, approximately 22 mi (35 km) southwest of the town of Hawthorne, three miles from the California border.