STARR

NAME: Starr
COUNTY: Lander
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot summer, cool winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.
COMMENTS: Interesting country.
REMAINS: Rubble

A small camp of about 25 formed in 1881 near the mine named Starr and Grove after two prospectors whose last names were Starr and Grove. Only a year later the mine was mined out and by summer the camp had been totally abandoned. Only mine dumps and scattered rubble mark the site.

Submitted by: Shawn Hall from his book Romancing Nevada's Past: Ghost Towns And Historic Sites Of Eureka, Lander, And White Pine Counties Click here to purchase his book!

 


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