CURRIE WELL

NAME: Currie Well
COUNTY: Nye
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot summers. Cool winters with occassional snow
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, Spring, Autumn. 		COMMENTS: Situated alongside the grade of the abandoned Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad.
REMAINS: Low stone ruins, what appears to be a furnace.
A water stop along the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad. Located north of Mud Springs Summit at the southern edge of Sarcobatus Flat. Currie Well was an important water stop as southbound trains coming from Goldfield made their final climb over the Bullfrog Hills. Water source is a pungent, stagnate and mushy wet spot with a bit of grass. Scattered stone ruins within a hundred yard radius indicate some habitation. Submitted by: David A. Wright


Ruins of possible furnace at Currie Well. April 2000. D.A. Wright photo


Ruins of possible furnace at Currie Well. View east across the southernmost part of Sarcobatus Flat. April 2000. D.A. Wright photo


Ruins of possible furnace at Currie Well. Grade of the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad can be seen angling across the hillside in the background. April 2000. D.A. Wright photo


Unnatural position of stones at Currie Well indicate man was here. Possible furnace ruin in background. April 2000. D.A. Wright photo


Currie Well. Grade of Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad can be seen in background. April 2000. D.A.Wright photo

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