Tenabo, Nevada

Tenabo, Nevada
Ghost Town
Eastern side of Shoshone Range
Eastern side of Shoshone Range
Tenabo, Nevada is located in Nevada
Tenabo, Nevada
Tenabo, Nevada
Coordinates: 40°18′52″N 116°40′36″W / 40.31444°N 116.67667°W / 40.31444; -116.67667[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyLander
Elevation
[1]
5,354 ft (1,632 m)
GNIS feature ID844209 [1]

Tenabo is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada United States.

History

Wagon train hauling silver ore from the Little Gem mine, 1910

In 1905, Charles Montgomery discovered gold near Lander, Nevada on the eastern slope of the Shoshone Range. This new find became the site of Tenabo.[2] In 1907, there was a rush of prospectors to the site.[2] The Tenabo mining camp was established soon after, east of the mines. Within a few months, Tenabo had a population of 1000,[2] a hotel, restaurant, school, saloons and brothels. The scarcity of water was always a challenge for the mining community, and needed to be hauled from springs miles away.[3]

From 1907 to 1910, multiple productive mines kept a mill running, but after 1911, mining operations started to decline. The post office opened in December 1906 and closed July in 1912.[4] In 1916, a miner named A.E. Raleigh discovered placer gold in Mill Gulch nearby.[2] Placer mining continued in the area for the next twenty years.[3]

Etymology

Tenabo may have been named by New Mexicans after an ancient pueblo, or Tenabo may be a Paiute word, meaning of "dark colored water".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenabo, Nevada
  2. ^ a b c d Vanderburg, William O. (1939). Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Lander County, Nevada (Report). U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Paher, Stanley W (1970). Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Howell North.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenabo Post Office (historical)
  5. ^ Carlson, Helen S. (January 1, 1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8. Retrieved January 5, 2012.