Mill Canyon We Visited: 4/4/02
39° 45' 00"N, 118° 15' 23"W - LONE ROCK SE quad

Directions: From Fallon, East on HIghway 50 to Stillwater Road; take Stillwater Road about 35.6 miles, head E up Mill Canyon about 2 miles.

From Fallon: 40.5 miles

What Was

Group of miners from Virginia City including John Fondaway, G.W. humphrey, and Issac Zintmeyer erected a custom mill some time in the 1880's but there was apparently little or no production. [Mines of Churchill & Mineral Counties- William O. Venderburg]

Post Office: None

Newspaper: None

What is

Multi-level mill ruins hug a small hill at the entrance to Mill Canyon. A small mine is on the hill above the mill.


The mill at Mill Canyon
View of mill looking west
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