Please remember to exercise caution when exploring Nevada's Ghost Towns & Mining Camps. Open shafts, drifts going into mountainsides, and old buildings, are all DANGEROUS. Be aware of your surroundings, and let someone know where you are, especially if your plans change.

Pinto

DIRECTIONS: From Eureka, head east on U.S. 50 for 5.5 miles to Pinto.

"Pinto was a milling camp rather than a mining camp. A 20-stamp mill, equipped with a Stetefeldt furnace, was constructed in 1871. Built by A. M. Scheidell and started on December 13, the mill processed ore from the Secret Canyon District and the Silverado (Pinto) District in White Pine County. A small camp of 15 people lived near the mill, and a school was built there. A man named Ben Levy opened a store in October 1871, and soon a few other businesses joined them. A post office, with Jimius M. North as postmaster, opened on August 6, 1875. The mill was leased by the Geddes and Bertrand Mining and Milling Company, active in the Secret Canyon area, in November 1876. The mill closed for good in 1884, and the post office followed suit on November 14 of the same year. The mill was dismantled and Pinto ceased to exist. Today only faint store ruins and hard-to-find mill foundations mark the site alongside U.S. 50."

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