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Two prospectors from Winnemucca stumbled upon an outcrop of gold-bearing ore on the |
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northeastern slope of Buckskin Mountain. The next year, some of the richest gold ore |
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ever mined in Nevada was discovered 4 miles north of Buckskin Mountain. The ore was |
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a true bonanza. The boom town that sprang up near the mine became known as National. |
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Named after the extraordinary gold vein, the town of National only lasted about 10 years. |
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Nevertheless, nearly 7 million dollars worth of ore was taken from the National lode. |
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National mining district . . . on the western slope of the Santa Rosa Range, in Twp 46 N., |
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Range 39 E., sections 27, 28, 33, 34. The traveler from the south can reach the district |
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. . . [from] McConnell's ranch [Quinn River Valley], on a road that ascends the gentle |
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slope of Three-mile Creek . . . , About 2 miles up the creek . . . this road turns with |
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steeper grade up the canyon of a small tributary of Three-mile Creek coming from the |
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north. At the basin-like head of this canyon is the town of National, which stands 1,300 |
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feet above the base of the range and about 6,100 feet above sea level. |
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[13] Geology and Mineral Deposits of the National Mining District, Nevada, by |
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Waldemar Lindgren, 1915, U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior, Washington |
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D.C., pg.18; available online https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0601/report.pdf |
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National: town begun 1909; several stores, weekly Miner newspaper, stage line in 1911; |
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Post Office operated 1908 to 1919; weekly "National Miner" published for 4 years, |
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1910-1913; today, abandoned town site lies in the Humbold-Toiyabe National Forest |
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[14] "Humboldt County's Historical Legacy" articles by J.P. Marden, Marden Historical |
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Research, in the Nevada Room, Humboldt County Library, 85 E 5th St., Winnemucca |
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1910 |
Gus McAninch is working as a Teamster in the boom town of National, Nevada: |
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Caple, Constantine F., Head M 54 S(single) b.Tennessee [occ] Farmer, Rooming House |
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McAninch, Augustus, Lodger M 43 S b.Missouri, f.b.Penn., m.b.Ohio [occ] Teamster |
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Reeves, John, Lodger M W 54 S b./f.b./m.b.No.Carolina [occ] Miner |
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Merritt, Edward E., Lodger, M W 55 Mar. 32(yrs) b./f.b./m.b.Ohio [occ] Baker, Mining |
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National Precinct, Humboldt County, Nevada, 27 Apr. 1910 |
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[there are no known connection(s) with the other three men, Caple, Reeves, or Merritt] |
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[‘McArrinda’ (sic) in Nevada index, see MFHN v.XI.n.4 October 2003 p.2003-29] |
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[15] NARA T624 Roll 858 p.256 E.D. 39 sh.1'A' |
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Humboldt County, Nevada: Three McAninch’s from Missouri pg.2018-08 |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXVI n.1 / June 2018 / Copyright Frank McAninch |
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