MINERSVILLE

NAME: Minersville COUNTY: Otoe ROADS: 4WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Typical Nebraska weather hot: summer cold: winter. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Mid 1860's mining town located in bluffs south of Nebraska. Coal shafts ran dry circa.1894 town declined after several cave ins.The Cemetery has not be located in recent years REMAINS: Coal shafts down town area delapadated but intact residential areas uninhabitated

P.O. Est. March 2nd, 1867 p.O. Disc. Jan 17, 1903 shaft cave in in 1901 killed all but fourteen men and boys here minersville once had a thriving population of 1,000 the main industry were the coal shafts located in bluffs above town site. After changing sites and names several times after a man john bennet ran a ferry accross the missourri river so the original town was named for him (bennets ferry) but changed after area was found to be rich in coal deposits. Submitted by: Sam Carman

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