Blair
Millsites
A truly spectacular view from Blair with an impressive monocline nearby.
The marker states that:
Blair was developed by accident. Mining fever in the Tonopah boom reached out in all direction and revived many dormant mining towns. Land speculators at near-by silver Peak bought up the land in that area, and jacked the land prices so hight that the 100-STAMP MILL planned at Silver Peak was built 1.5 miles west of here to become the hub of Blair.
The PITTSBURG-SILVER PEAK GOLD MINING COMPANY built the 17.5 mile Silver Peak Railroad running north in 1906 and the big mill (Nevada's largest in its day) in 1907.
The remnants of stone buildings & mill foundations are the only remains of a once thriving but short-lived mining town.
By 1920, Blair was all but deserted.
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