Gold Point, Nevada

Our last ghost town was called Gold Point.   We took the highway through Goldfield, making sure we slowed down as the Sherriff in Goldfield is hot on speeders, even the huge trucks slow down!   At Lida Junction we turned onto highway 266 before turning onto highway 744 for Gold Point.

Gold Point was originally established in 1868 when it was called Lime Point because of the lime deposits found in the area.   The name was changed to Hornsilver after high grade hornsilver (I have no idea what the difference, if any, is between silver and hornsilver) was discovered, changing back to Gold Point in the 1930’s when more gold than silver was being mined.

In 1942 as miners were drawn into essential war work for WWII major mining efforts stopped, so who knows there might still be a fortune in them there hills!

It looked as though new steel had been added onto this mineshaft, so we wondered if it was operational again.  

One of the original saloons, they always look so much bigger in the cowboy films!

As with almost all ghost towns most of the property is still privately owned.   We stopped outside Mitchells Mercantile and took some photographs where we met the owner a very nice lady who is a retired teacher from Las Vegas.  She opened the Mercantile for us to look inside, but doesn’t allow photography inside.

We got talking about Goldfield and I mentioned the hotel and the ghosts, she said there were ghosts in Gold Point and that sometimes she chatted to them.   I'm not sure whether or not I believe that, but years ago someone in Tombstone told me they did the same, so who knows.   

We loved this desert view.

Have fun, we are!