Directions: North from Fallon 24.3 miles; west on local dirt road 7.4 miles

From Fallon: 31.7 miles

What Was

The little bit of material I've been able to dig up on the Desert Queen Mine all mention that

"...is said to have been discovered by emigrants in 1849." (Mines of Churchill and Mineral Countries, W.O. Vanderburg)

Either everyone got the information from Vanderburg's book, or the rumor is widespread. They never say who says it, exactly- but if it's true, than the Desert Queen Mine is the first known lode mine worked in Northern Nevada and is hereby included in our list of Historic Churchill County places, even though we said we'd only go back to 1850.

Vanderburg continues to say that a two-stamp mill was built two miles east of the mine (39° 49' 34"N, 118° 51' 27"W - PARRAN quad) , and when that didn't work out they built a second one 14 miles NE on the edge of the Humbolt Sink. In 1937 a 25 ton mill was erected with power supplied by gasoline engines. camp buildings supported a crew of ten men.

What is

Many, many mines in various states of decay, some mill foundations, and several dumps consisting mostly of cans.