Directions: Highway 50E from Fallon 47 miles to Middlegate and the junction of Highway 361; Turn S on SR361 for 36.1 miles, through Gabbs, to a large dirt road; drive S for 15 miles; turn left on local dirt road for 2.2 miles

From Fallon: 100.3 miles

What Was

Pactolus was one of those places where there were high hopes and not much else. There was a smidgen of activity in the early 1900's before they gave up and went elsewhere. They applied for a post office in 1904 but never quite made it.

Post Office: none

Newspaper: none

What is

THere are a few mines in the area and the remains of what might have been a tiny mill. Evidence suggests some work took place in mid to late 1960's as well.