This section is for books, articles and website links that have helped me in my Nevada research. Thank you all.
Websites:
Full text search of MRDS records (usgs.gov) Government website that provides historical data on mines.
Western Mining History A very good website for western mining towns and mines.
Mindat.org - Mines, Minerals and More Self-explanatory. This is a good site for digital mining district maps.
The Diggings™: Free Mining Claim Maps And Reports Self-explanatory. This is a good site for digital mining district maps.
Forgotten Nevada I don't know these guys, but I'd go ghost towning with them any time. Great site!
Nevada Expeditions (nvexpeditions.com) Another really good Nevada website!
Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Nevada – Legends of America You can always find a good article here.
Ghost Towns of Nevada This site seems like it hasn't been updated to modern times. But it has been a total staple for me. Very complete.
NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND - The Gouge Eye Chronicle (nvtami.com) She is somebody that has helped me quite a bit with tips and advice on the website building process. Always available to BS with and talk history about the very obscure, remote and more unknown sites. She has her own unique, historical writing style. I highly recommend her site.
Ghost Towns, Mines, and More! (raydunakin.com) This site has other stuff, but this link is awesome for Nevada ghost towns.
Nevada Magazine – | Experience Nevada It is THEE Nevada Magazine.
Desert Magazine : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive 50+ year old articles on these places.
County History – Nevada Association of Counties (nvnaco.org) A page with some great history on the founding of the counties.
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Books and Articles (My Collection):
GHOSTS OF THE GLORY TRAIL: Nell Murbarger (The original queen of Nevada ghost town exploring. Period!)
A GUIDE TO THE GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: Shawn Hall
BABYSITTING A GHOST TOWN- The Whimsical Romp Thru Rhyolite: Suzy McCoy
BELMONT NEVADA: Alan H. Patera
BOOMTOWN HISTORY II- Celebration of Goldfield- Tonopah Area Boomtowns: Jean Johnson
BUCKAROOS IN PARADISE- Cowboy Life in Northern Nevada: Howard W. Marshall & Richard E. Ahlborn
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA GHOST TOWN ATLAS: Robert Neil Johnson
CARRARA- And The Mining Camps of Bare Mountain: Alan H. Patera
CATTLE IN THE COLD DESERT: James A. Young & B. Abbott Sparks
COLUMBIA NEVADA- And Other Mining Camps About Goldfield- Montezuma, Diamondfield & Alkali Springs: Alan H. Patera
COMSTOCK- The Big Four: Oscar Lewis
COMSTOCK MINING AND MINERS 1883: Eliot Lord
COMSTOCK PHANTOMS- Ghost Stories of Virginia City: Brian David Bruns
ELEGANCE ON C STREET- The Story of the International Hotel: Richard C. Datin
EXCERPTS FROM REBECCA'S WALK THROUGH TIME- Self-Guided Tour Through Rhyolite, Nevada: Suzy McCoy
FORT CHURCHILL- Nevada Military Outpost of the 1860's: Nevada Natural History Association (Paher, Totten, Hardesty).
GHOSTS OF HUMBOLDT REGION- A Glimpse Into Pershing County's Past: Dave Basso
GHOST TOWNS OF WESTERN NEVADA: Robert C. Jones
GOLD MOUNTAIN NEVADA: Alan H. Patera
GOLDFIELD- Boom Town of Nevada: Stanley W. Paher
GOLDFIELD NEVADA- Last Great Gold Camp: Goldfield Historical Society
GOODSPRINGS NEVADA- Including Sandy, Jean, Keystone, Platina, Ripley and the Yellow Pine Mine Camp: Alan H. Patera
HARLOTS, HURDIES & SPIRITED WOMEN OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA: Barbara Hegne
HENRY HARRIS 1865-1937- Legendary Black Vaquero: Les Sweeney
HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA- Seven Troughs: Hugh A. Shamberger
HISTORY OF MASONRY IN NEVADA: C.W. Torrence
HISTORY OF NEVADA 1881: Thompson & West
HISTORY OF NEVADA- Volume I: Sam P. Davis
HISTORY OF NEVADA- Volume II: Sam P. Davis
HISTORY ON THE ROAD- Charcoal and Nevada's Early Mining History: Thomas J. Straka & Robert H. Wynn
HORNSILVER/ GOLD POINT NEVADA- Silver Turns to Gold: Alan H. Patera
MINES OF CHERRY CREEK, ELY RANGE AND OTHER EASTERN NEVADA DISTRICTS: J.M. Hill
IMAGES OF AMERICA- Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada: Shawn Hall
IMAGES OF AMERICA- Virginia City and the Big Bonanza: Ronald M. James & Susan A. James
JACK LONGSTREET- Last of the Desert Frontiersmen: Sally Zanjani
LAS VEGAS- As it Began-As it Grew: Stanley W. Paher
LAS VEGAS- From Trails to Rails: Bob La Point
LAW AND DISORDER IN PIOCHE- Crime and Punishment in Lincoln County During the 1880's: Leo Schafer
MAGNIFICENT WILDERNESS NEVADA: Scott Smith
MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA- University of Nevada Bulletin 45: Victor E. Kral
MINES OF CHURCHILL AND MINERAL COUNTIES: William O. Vanderburg
MINES OF CLARK COUNTY: William O. Vanderburg
MINES OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG AND OTHER SOUTHERN NEVADA DISTRICTS: F.L. Ransome
MINES OF HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES: William O. Vanderburg
MINES OF LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES: William O. Vanderburg
MINES OF SILVER PEAK RANGE, KAWICH RANGE AND OTHER SOUTHERN DISTRICTS: S.H. Ball
MINES OF THE AMERICAN WEST- Elko County, Nevada: Ivan Herring
MINES OF THE AMERICAN WEST- White Pine County, Nevada: Ivan Herring
MINING CAMP DAYS: Emil W. Billeb
MINING CAMPS OF ELKO, LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NEVADA: Kerby Jackson
NEVADA- An Annotated Bibliography: Stanley W. Paher
NEVADA DAY- 1864-1991: University Medical Center Foundation (various authors)
NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMPS: Stanley W. Paher
NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMPS VOLUME ONE- Northern Nevada: Stanley W. Paher
NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMPS VOLUME TWO- Southern Nevada & Death Valley: Stanley W. Paher
NEVADA GHOST TOWN TRAILS: Mickey Broman
NEVADA HANDBOOK: Deke Castleman
NEVADA LOST MINES AND BURIED TREASURE: Douglas McDonald
NEVADA MOUNTAIN RANGES: George Wuerthner
NEVADA PLACE NAMES- A Geographical Dictionary: Helen S. Carlson
NEVADA POST OFFICES- An Illustrated History: James Gamett & Stanley W. Paher
NEVADA TRAILS- Southern Region: Peter Massey, Angela Titus & Jeanne Wilson
NEVADA TRAILS- Western Region: Peter Massey, Angela Titus & Jeanne Wilson
NEVADA'S PRONGHORN ANTELOPE- Ecology, Management and Conservation: George K. Tsukamoto & NDOW
NEVADA'S TWENTIETH-CENTURY MINING BOOM- Tonopah, Goldfield, Ely: Russel R. Elliott
OLD HEART OF NEVADA- Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Elko County: Shawn Hall
OUT FROM LAS VEGAS: Florine Lawlor
OUTLAW- The True Story of Claude Dallas: Jeff Long
OUTLAW TALES OF NEVADA- True stories of the Silver State's most infamous crooks, culprits & cutthroats: Charles L. Convis
POLICING LAS VEGAS- A history of Law Enforcement in Southern Nevada: Dennis N. Griffin
PRESERVING THE GLORY DAYS- Ghost Towns and mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada: Shawn Hall
RAILROAD VALLEY- Too Tough For Others, Just Right For Us: Robert D. McCracken & Jeanne Sharp Howerton
RED LIGHT WOMEN OF DEATH VALLEY: Robin Flinchum
RED ROCK CANYON- A Story Behind the Scenery: Cheri Cinkoske Madison
RHYOLITE- Death Valley's Ghost City of Golden Dreams: Harold & Lucile Weight
ROCHESTER NEVADA- The New Tonopah: Marianne Babal
ROMANCING NEVADA'S PAST- Ghost Towns and Historic Sites of Eureka, Lander & White Pine: Shawn Hall
SAGEBRUSH SOLDIERS- Nevada's Volunteers in the Civil War: Philip Dodd Smith Jr.
SHOSHONE MIKE: Frank Bergon
SLIPPERY GULCH- A Guide To Gold Hill, Nevada: Maitland Stanley
THE BEST OF VIRGINIA CITY AND THE COMSTOCK: L.J. Ettinger
THE BIG BONANZA- The Story of the Discovery and Development of Nevada's Comstock Lode: Dan De Quille
THE COMSTOCK PAPERS: Henry DeGroot
THE HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE 1850- 1920: Grant H. Smith (Mackay School of Mines- UNR)
THE HUMBOLDT RANGE- 19TH Century Mining Camps: Alan H. Patera
THE LAST DAYS OF THE DALY GANG AT AURORA, NEVADA: Clifford Alpheus Shaw
THE LEGEND OF JULIA BULETTE- And The Red Light Ladies of Nevada: Douglas McDonald
THE PIOCHE MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA: Kerby Jackson
THE RED-LIGHT LADIES OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA: George Williams III
THE REVEILLE DISTRICT: Alan H. Patera
THE ROAR AND THE SILENCE- A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode: Ronald M. James
THE RUSH TO WHITE PINE: Alan H. Patera
THE TOWN THAT DIED LAUGHING: Oscar Lewis
VIRGINIA CITY AND THE SILVER REGION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE: Douglas McDonald