Bunkerville — Clark County

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Bunkerville — Clark County

Gold Mining Site NV • Clark County County
Description
In Bunkerville, 5 miles southwest of Mesquite on a road south of US 91, is the Copper King District. The Bunkerville, Great Eastern and Key West mines all produced a by product of gold from copper / silver operations. South of Bunkerville 30 miles on dirt roads, at Gold Butte, there are many more mines that produced lode gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: clark_nv.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Bunkerville. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In Bunkerville, 5 miles southwest of Mesquite on a road south of US 91, is the Copper King District. The Bunkerville, Great Eastern and Key West mines all produced a by product of gold from copper / silver operations. South of Bunkerville 30 miles on dirt roads, at Gold Butte, there are many more mines that produced lode gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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