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NV - BATTLE MOUNTAIN

NV - BATTLE MOUNTAIN

NV - BEATTY

NV - BEATTY

Nevada Exhibits, Clubs, Tours, and Museums - Detailed Information

Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd. Reno, NV 89502 Tel: 775-861-6400 NV BLM Recreation Page -

Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library, 2175 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512 Tel: 775-682-8766 Nevada Commission on Tourism 401 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701 Tel: 1-800-NEVADA8 or 775-687-4322

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Nevada Division of Minerals 400 W. King Street, Suite 106, Carson City, NV 89703 Tel: 775-684-7040; Fax: 775-684-7052; E-mail: ndom@govmail.state.nv.us

or 2030 E. Flamingo Rd., 220, Las Vegas, NV 89119 Tel: 702-486-4343; Fax: 702-486-4345; E-mail: ndomlv@govmail.state.nv.us Nevada Division of State Parks -

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Great Basin National Park/Lehman Caves 100 Great Basin National Park Baker, NV 89311 Tel: 775-234-7331; Fax: 775-234-7269 E-mail: grba_interpretation@ Website: Excellent underground tours of Lehman Cave. Spectacular mountain scenery. *

Ghost Town of Galena Website: Galena is a quiet ghost town with remains of its prosperous past scattered throughout the canyon. For anyone wanting to visit and take pictures of an old mining town, Galena Canyon can be located 10 miles south of Battle Mountain on State Highway 305, turn right following the dirt road for three miles to Galena Canyon. *

Mill Creek Canyon Website: Mill Creek Canyon is full of surprises and is rich in history. Interested travelers can stop by the Battle Mountain Chamber of Commerce, 625 S. Broad St., for more information about the early days of Mill Creek Canyon. *

Beatty Museum & Historical Society 417 Main Street, Beatty, NV 89003 Tel: 775-553-2303 Website: *

Rhyolite Historic Town-site/Gold Well Open Air Museum PO Box 956, Beatty, NV 89003 Tel: 775-553-2424 (Beatty Chamber of Commerce) One of the most photographed ghost towns in the US, remaining buildings include the Bottle House and railroad depot. *

Location NV - BELMONT

NV - BERLIN

NV - BOULDER CITY

NV - BOULDER CITY NV - CALIENTE

NV - CARLIN

NV - CARLIN

NV - CARSON CITY NV - CARSON CITY

Nevada Exhibits, Clubs, Tours, and Museums - Detailed Information

Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site c/o Fallon Regional Headquarters, 16799 Lahontan Dam, Fallon, NV 89406 Tel: 775-867-3001 Website: Located in the ghost town of Belmont, the partially restored courthouse was built in 1876. * Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park 23 miles east of Gabbs on State Route 884 HC 61, Box 61200, Austin, NV 89310-9301 Tel: 775-964-2440; Fax: 775-964-2012 Website: Unusual combination of early 20th century mining ghost town adjacent to an exceptional exhibit center featuring fossil ichthyosaurs. *

Hoover Dam Visitor's Center PO Box 60400, Boulder City, NV 89006-0400 Tel: 702-294-3517; Fax: 702-294-3585 Website: Tour of the dam interior is fascinating. Well worth the visit if you are in Southern Nevada. *

Lake Mead National Recreation Area Visitor's Center 601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City, NV 89005. Tel: 702-293-8990; Fax: 702-293-8936 Website: *

Kershw-Ryan State Park - Rainbow Canyon PO Box 985, Caliente, Nevada 89008 Tel: 775-726-3564; Fax: 775-726-3557 Website: Self-guided tour of interesting scenic area, including rock art, geologic features and natural resources. *

Barrick Goldstrike Mine Tour PO Box 29, Elko, NV 89803 Tel: 775-778-8121 (Public Tours - May through August) Website: n/a Excellent tour of one of North America's largest gold mines. * Newmont Gold Quarry Mine Tour PO Box 669, Carlin, NV 89822 Tel: 775-778-4068; Fax: 775-778-4088 (Seasonal - April through October) Website: Excellent tour of one of North America's largest gold mines. Adjacent to Barrick Goldstrike Mine. *

Children's Museum of Northern Nevada 813 N. Carson, Carson City, NV 89701 Tel: 775-884-2226; Fax: 775-884-2179 Website: *

Nevada State Museum 600 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701 Tel: 775-687-4810; Fax: 775-687-4333 Website: Housed in the former United States Carson City Branch Mint building where coins were minted from 1870 to 1893, all bearing the distinguishing "CC" mint mark.. The Earth Science Gallery explores Nevada's geologic history from 1,750 million years ago to 40 million years ago, including a walk-through Devonian Sea. Has an exceptional re-creation of an underground mine from the Comstock Lode. Also on display is America's largest exhibited Imperial mammoth (15,000 and 17,000 years old) found in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, and the battleship USS Nevada's silver service fashioned from 5,000 ounces (417 pounds troy weight) of silver from the deep shafts of the Tonopah mines and lined with gold from the mines of Goldfield. *

Location NV - CARSON CITY NV - DAYTON

NV - DENIO

NV - DENIO

NV - ELKO

NV - ELKO NV - ELY

NV - ELY

Nevada Exhibits, Clubs, Tours, and Museums - Detailed Information

Nevada State Railroad Museum 2180 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701 Tel: 775-687-6953, Fax: 775-687-8294 Website: * Dayton Historical Society Museum Logan and Shady Lane, Old Town Dayton, NV 89403 Tel: 775-246-3256 (Tennant Construction) or 775-246-0188 (Dayton Courier) Contact: Laura Tennant Website: Established in an 1865 schoolhouse. Collection includes: artifacts and photographs of pioneers, Native Americans, Chinese, railroads, Sutro Tunnel and early Lyon County history. *

Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine Summer: PO Box 97, Denio, NV 89404 Tel: 775-941-0270 (approx. May through October) Winter Address: 437 NW 7th Street Redmond, OR 97756 Tel: 541-548-4810 (approx. November through April) Website: Great opportunity to collect black fire opal, opalized wood and fluorescent opal. * Royal Peacock Opal Mine Summer: PO Box 165, Denio, NV 89404 Tel: 775-941-0374 (approx.: May 15 - November 15) Winter: HCR001-9535, Winnemucca, NV 89445 Tel: 775-272-3201 (approx. November 16 - May 14) Website: Great opportunity to collect black fire opal, opalized wood and fluorescent opal. *

Northeastern Nevada Museum 1515 Idaho Street, Elko, NV, 89801. Tel: 775-738-3418; Fax: 775-778-9318 Website: None. (Information from Nevada Commission on Tourism, , under Activities; Attractions & Museums; Cowboy Country; Elko) The museum collection contains over 29,000 photographs 3,000 books and area newspapers dating from 1869 to the present. Collection highlights include a 2 million year old American Mastodon, currently the only well documented American Mastodon in the Great Basin. A new exhibit features fossil plants and animals, most of which were found in Northeastern Nevada. Local mining history is also portrayed. *

Ruby Mountains Recreation Area/Thomas Canyon Campground/Lamoille Canyon Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 1200 Franklin Way, Sparks, NV 89431 Tel: 775-331-6444 Website: Dramatic alpine scenery in Nevada's most beautiful setting. Glacial features, lakes and wildlife can be seen along the 12 mile National Scenic Byway, as well as the extensive hiking trails. *

East Ely Railroad Depot 1100 Avenue A, PO Box 151100, Ely, NV 89301 Tel: 775-289-1663; Fax: 775-289-1664 Website: Located in the historic East Ely Railroad depot, preserves the mining and railroad history of eastern Nevada. *

Garnet Hill Rockhounding Area Bureau of Land Management, Ely Field Office, 702 N. Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301 Tel: 775-289-1800 Website: Spessartine garnets in rhyolite can be collected from a site overlooking the open pit copper mines at Ruth. *

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NV - ELY

NV - ELY NV - EUREKA

NV - FALLON NV GARDNERVILLE NV - GENOA

NV - GOLDFIELD NV HAWTHORNE NV HAWTHORNE

Nevada Exhibits, Clubs, Tours, and Museums - Detailed Information

Nevada Northern Railway Museum PO Box 150040, East Ely, NV 89315 Tel: 775-289-2085 or 866-407-8326 Website: Large collection of locomotives and cars that hauled copper from local mines. * Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Site Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, P.O. Box 151761, Ely, NV 89315 Tel: 775-728-4460 Website: The park is located seven miles south of Ely via U.S. 50/6/93, then 11 miles southwest on Cave Valley Road. Cave Valley Road is a graded dirt road, accessible by passenger vehicles from May through October. Site consists of six large stone kilns (30 feet tall) which provided charcoal for the smelter at the Ward mining district. * White Pine Public Museum 2000 Aultman Street, Ely, Nevada 89301 Tel: 775-289-4710 Website: *

Eureka Sentinel Museum 10 South Bateman Street, Eureka, NV 89316 Tel: 775-237-5010; Fax 775-237-6040 Website: Mining history items from Eureka's 1870's lead/silver boom. * Churchill County Museum & Archives 1050 S Main Street, Fallon, NV 89406 Tel: 775-423-3677 Website: *

Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV 89410 Tel: 775-782-2555 Website: None. (Information from Nevada Commission on Tourism, , under Activities; Attractions & Museums; Reno-Tahoe Country; Gardnerville) * Genoa Courthouse Museum Main and Fifth Street, Genoa, NV 89410 Tel: 775-782-4325 Website: None. (Information from Nevada Commission on Tourism, , under Activities; Attractions & Museums; Reno-Tahoe Country; Genoa) *

Goldfield Historical Society PO Box 178, Goldfield, NV 89013 Tel: 775-485-6365 *

Mineral County Museum 400 10th Street, PO Box 1584, Hawthorne, NV 89415 Tel: 775-945-5142 Website: Collection includes mining equipment and fossils. *

Walker Lake Recreation Area Website: Walker Lake is the remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, formed during the last ice age. Wave benches showing the gradual recession of the lake over the last 10,000 years are visible above the current shoreline. *

Location NV HENDERSON

NV HENDERSON

NV - LAKE TAHOE NV - Las Vegas NV - LAS VEGAS

NV - LAS VEGAS

NV - LAS VEGAS

NV - LAS VEGAS NV - LAS VEGAS

Nevada Exhibits, Clubs, Tours, and Museums - Detailed Information

Clark County Museum 1830 S Boulder Highway, Henderson, NV 89015 Tel: 702-455-7955 Website: Well-done small museum which has a small mining and mineral exhibit (including some CFMS specimens). Annual Desert Treasures program (August-October) features a mineral/mining exhibit, gem & mineral fair and Friends of Mineralogy symposium. Research collection includes Nevada minerals, Nevada mining history documents (including photos, stock certificates and mining journals), as well as Native American artifacts, and gaming and local history. Historic homes and buildings on site also worth a look. *

McCaw Elementary School "School of Mines" 57 Lynn Lane, Henderson, NV 89015 Tel: 702-799-8930 Website: This is a field trip destination for thousands of Clark County School District students every year. The facility consists of a 4,400 square foot simulated underground mine, with exhibit rooms featuring geology, mining history, mining reclamation and the uses of minerals. * Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park (Spooner Backcountry) PO Box 8867, Incline Village, NV 89452 Tel: 775-831-0494 Website: One of the West's truly majestic lakes, set in the Sierra Nevada's. *

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109 Tel: 702-892-0711; Toll-Free: 877-847-4858 Las Vegas Museum of Natural History 900 Las Vegas Blvd. N,, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel: 702-384-3466; Fax: 702-384-5343 Website: Exhibits feature marine life, Nevada's wildlife and animated dinosaurs. *

Lied Discovery Children's Museum 833 Las Vegas Blvd. N, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel: 702-382-3445; Fax: 702-382-0592 Website: Over 100 hand-on exhibits in the arts, humanities and sciences at one of the countries largest children's museums. * Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History University of Nevada-Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154 Tel: 702-895-3381 Website: The museum is dedicated to collect, preserve and exhibit objects that illustrate the natural history of the southwest United States and its surrounding regions. *

Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas 309 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89107 Tel: 702-486-5205 Website: *

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area HCR 33, Box 5500, Las Vegas, NV 89124 Tel: 702-515-5350; Fax: 702-363-6779 Website: One of the Nevada's most scenic spots, set among red rocks at the base of the Spring Mountains. *

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