Our Lunch: Hamburger & steak sandwich, DJ's Diner, Eureka
Our Dinner: Steaks and beans
Our Breakfast: Potatoes, eggs,peppers, & sausage in a tortilla
Our Dinner: Cheeseburgers
Our Breakfast: Steak and eggs
Our Lunch: Burger & Chicken sandwich, Toiyabe Cafe, Austin, NV
Directions: East from Fallon on US-50 for 221.3 miles; right on County Road 11, generally south for 13.3 miles
From Fallon: 234.6 miles
What Was
Treasure City sprang from a plate of beans. Apparently, in 1867, an Indian who wanted to apologize for sneaking into a miner's cabin and eating his leftovers, showed him where an outcropping of silver was, and it snowballed from there. About 6,000 people lived here at its peak, and the town stretched for about a mile. Life was hard at 9,000 feet in altitude, and the winters were cold and miserable. The city peaked in 1869, but union troubles, lawsuits, and shallow veins caused its decline. By 1870 most had left, and a fire in 1874 nailed the coffin shut. Paher reports the 1880 census "showed only
14 voters left in the town where 11 years earlier
the mines were allegedly so rich that they threat
ened to glut the world money market."
Post Office: June 1869 - December 1880
Newspaper: White Pine Gazette, White Pine News
What is
The road from Hamilton to Treasure City is great on a quad- you could probably make it up there in a regular vehicle if you were careful. There are plenty of rock ruins and things to see- but beware the open mines which are not fenced off- you can see how unstable the earth is here, so I wouldn't stand too close. I'm told it's so miserable here in the winter that they developed the town of Hamilton a short jog down the road.
Look hard. Many buildings blend in with the native rock and outcroppings. This was a big place, and there's lots to see.
