Searchlight — Clark County

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Searchlight — Clark County

Gold Mining Site NV • Clark County County
Description
The Searchlight district produced 246,997 ounces of lode gold and 26 ounces of placer gold from 1902-1959. The area mines, especially the Duplex and Quartzite lode mines were good producers. All the area stream gravels have placer gold. If you go west 10 miles on Route 68, to Crescent, about 6 miles east of Nipton, California, then 3 miles east by southeast and just south of Crescent Peak on area mine dumps gold is being found.
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: Searchlight. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. The Searchlight district produced 246,997 ounces of lode gold and 26 ounces of placer gold from 1902-1959. The area mines, especially the Duplex and Quartzite lode mines were good producers. All the area stream gravels have placer gold. If you go west 10 miles on Route 68, to Crescent, about 6 miles east of Nipton, California, then 3 miles east by southeast and just south of Crescent Peak on area mine dumps gold is being found.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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