Frenchman — Churchill County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: churchill_nv.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Frenchman. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. On U.S. 50 about 42 miles southeast of Fallon, then south 20~30 miles on Route 31 in adjoining Mineral County and southeast on Route 23 in Mineral and Nye Counties, is a very large mining region. From Frenchman east 6 miles to north trending dirt road, to Dixie Valley area there are several important mine. Northeast 3~5 miles to a 5 way crossroads, take the northeast road 11 miles to the old camp of Wonder. On the west slope of the Clan Alpine Range is the Wonder District. The Wonder District had a total production of 73,890 ounces of gold, mostly from the Nevada Wonder Mine. Also at the old camps of Alpine in the area of Dry Lake and Bernice there are some area lode mines that produced a by product of gold. Northeast of crossroads 3 miles, turn north 12~20 miles to the old camps of Boyer, Cottonwood Canyon, Bolivia (all in the Table Mountain area) the area lode mines produced a by product of gold. South about 20 miles on Route 31, to Shad Run, there are many mines that produced a by product of gold. East 11 miles and south on Route 23, on the west slope of Fairview Peak, is the Fairview district. The Fairview District had a total production of around 54,000 ounces of gold. There are many area mines that produced gold. The Nevada Hills Mine, major base metal producer in the county, along with Eagleville and Dromedary mines produced a by product of gold. Just south of Fairview, in the area gravel deposits, you can find placer gold. 7 miles south of Fairview, old camp of South Fairview, had many area mines and 1 mile east at Bell Mountain there were some more gold mines.