Aurora, Nevada

1 Frontof_Aurora_Kiosk_final_1_272014 Aurora, Nevada (1940's) courtesy U.S. Forest Service	2 Frontof_Aurora_Kiosk_final_1_272014 Aurora Nevada (date unknown) courtesy U.S. Forest Service	3	4 Juniata Mill Complex, Assay Office, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress
5 Juniata Mill Complex, Camp Bunk House, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	6 Juniata Mill Complex, Mill Building, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	7 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV 3.jpg	8 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV Courtesy Library of Congress
9 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	10 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	11 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine Camp Building, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	12 Juniata Mill Complex, Mine Office, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress
13 Juniata Mill Complex, Pump House, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	14 Juniata Mill Complex, Saw Frame, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	15 Juniata Mill Complex, Spring site, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	16 Juniata Mill Complex,Tailings Pond, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Llibrary of Congress
17 Juniata Mill Complex, Warehouse, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	18 Juniata Mill Complex, Water Tank, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV. Courtesy Library of Congress	19 Last Chance hill, Aurora, shows gentle slopes of andesitic flows; Johnson and Chihuahua stopes 1915 USGSb.jpg Courtesy Llibrary of Congress	20 Last Chance hill, Aurora; Johnson and Chihuahua stopes (caved) on ridge at left, Real Del Monte shaft, top of hill in center, Granite Mountain on right. Nevada. 1912. Courtesy Llibrary of Congress
21 Main Street, General View, Aurora (historical), Mineral County, NV Courtesy Library of Congress	22 South end of Silver Hill, Aurora, shows croppings of Old Esmeralda vein 1915 Courtesy USGS	23 Henchey, Paul L. Masonic Cemetery, Aurora, Nevada, SV-235. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	24 Henchey, Paul L. Four Houses, Aurora, Nevada, SV-234. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu
25 Henchey, Paul L. Section of Aurora, Nevada, from Northwest, SV-232. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	26 Henchey, Paul L. Old Court House, Aurora, Nevada, SV-229. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	27 Henchey, Paul L. Section of Aurora, Nevada, from South, SV-233. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	28 Henchey, Paul L. Abandoned School House in Aurora, Nevada, SV-105. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 20 July 1950. digital.ucdavis.edu
29 Henchey, Paul L. Doorway and Window of Old Saloon, Aurora, Nevada, SV-227. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	30 Henchey, Paul L. Ruins of Old Buildings, Aurora, Nevada, SV-228. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	31 Henchey, Paul L. Stone Kiln on Mine Road East of Aurora, SV-226. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	32 Henchey, Paul L. Brick Residence below Main Road, Aurora, Nevada, SV-956. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 3 Sept. 1953. digital.ucdavis.edu
33 Henchey, Paul L. Pine and Antelope Streets, Aurora, Nevada, SV-961. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 1 Nov. 1935. digital.ucdavis.edu	34 Henchey, Paul L. Pine and Antelope Streets, Aurora, Nevada, SV-955. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 3 Sept. 1953. digital.ucdavis.edu	35 Henchey, Paul L. Road between Bodie, Calif. and Aurora, Nevada, SV-47. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 8 Oct. 1949. digital.ucdavis.edu	36 Henchey, Paul L. Ruins and Walls of Old Syndicate Mill in Bodie, Aurora Road, SV-224. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu
37 Henchey, Paul L. Two Story Brick House, Aurora, Nevada, SV-230. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	38 Henchey, Paul L. Foundations on Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company, Mill, Aurora, Nevada, SV-958. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 3 Sept. 1953. digital.ucdavis.edu	39 Henchey, Paul L. Two Story Saloon Made of Stone and Brick, Aurora, Nevada, SV-231. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu	40 Henchey, Paul L. 1950 Steel Plymouth Station Wagon in Aurora, Nevada, SV-236a View 1. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 15 June 1951. digital.ucdavis.edu
41 Henchey, Paul L. Esmeralda Hotel in Aurora, Nevada, Built as Mono County Court House in 1860’s. Photograph Copied from “Mark Twain and West,” California Department of Education, Bulletin 21, SV-962. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 1 Nov. 1953. digital.ucdavis.edu	42 Henchey, Paul L. Headstone of N.F. Scott, First Sheriff, Mono County, Masonic Cemetery, Aurora, Nevada, SV-957. UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections, 3 Sept. 1953. digital.ucdavis.edu	43 Plat map Circa 1878 Courtesy UNR	44
45 Cropped 1956 USGS map	46 Section of a Sanborn Fire Map 1890	47 Red Dot shows location of Mangum camp	48 Closeup of plat map showing Mangum and various buildings
49 Structure on the way into Aurora	50 At the first mill	51 This furnace stands on the hillside before Aurora, to the north	52
53	54 Railroad rails were used for support	55 Some charcoal	56
57	58	59 Inside looking out.	60
61	62	63	64 This strange structure was a little bit north of the grave yards.
65 Some broken pottery in this area	66 Lots of cans, so someone was living or working here	67 Chinese? Very light and fine porcelain.	68 A closeup of the design
69 This looks like an old can cut, hammered flat, and used as a shingle.	70 A closeup of the obelisk	71 No idea what this was used for. In the area north of the graveyards	72
73 Now we're at the grave yard that's furthest north.	74	75	76
77	78	79	80 Can barely read this poor fella's marker. But this is the grave of Elijah G. Butler, 24, from Wisconsin. Frozen to death in January of 1868 while looking for his cattle near Bodie, according to the Jaunary 28 Sacramento Daily Union.
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89	90 Gun fighter William E. Carder, shot by Moses Brockman. Carder was a notorious gun fighter and Brockman was a local miner. The jury found in favor of Brockman as "justifiable homicide"	91	92
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97	98	99 Bottom of a bottle at the graveyard	100
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113	114	115 The mill at Mangum	116
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121	122	123	124 Overhead view of the mill
125 Yet anotehr overhead view of the mill	126	127	128
129 Panorama of Mangum mill	130	131	132
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137 Panorama of Aurora from behind the electric building	138 Looking west from the electrical building	139 What's left of Moses's Mill	140
141 The only standing wall in Aurora- the electrical building	142	143	144 Various ruins and debris from Aurora
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177 Looking south on Antelope St	178 Looking north on Antelope Street. This is where the Big Fire was.	179	180
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189 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	190 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	191 View from the mill	192 View from the mill
193 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	194 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	195 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	196
197 Mill on Aurora Creek near Silver Hill	198	199	200
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205	206 These bearings need to be replaced, I think	207	208
209	210	211	212 Looking north towards Aurora
213 A better view of Aurora looking north	214 Closer.....	215 MARK TWAIN'S CABIN!!!! Actually, no.	216
217	218 Bricks are everywhere. Aurora was big on bricks	219 I believe the following photos show the Wide West Mill site.	220
221	222	223 Looking up Last Chance hill at what I'm pretty sure is the Real Del Monte mine.	224 Looking up Willow Ravine. The road stops here.
225	226	227 Another photo of the Wide West Mill site	228 Real del Monte Mine
229	230	231 That is one deep hole, brother.	232
233	234 Looking down at Aurora from Last Chance Hill	235	236
237 In the classic photos of Aurora where you can see a big bulding on top of the hill directly across from the view, this is what's left.	238	239	240
241 Looking at Down town Aurora