The Lucy Grey Goldmine trail is a short 4×4 trip out of Primm, Nevada up to an old mine site. The route is fairly accessible and almost any SUV or 4×4, but the route finding can be tricky is you are not careful. A slight mistake in navigation and you will be in some rough country. To find the trail head, exit and head past the outlet stores and the Lotto Store. The trail head is the dirt road where the paved road turns left.
The trail heads straight out into the desert. When you reach the railroad tracks, turn right and follow the road next to tracks until you reach a railroad signal station. There is a pass through under the train track and a nice little sign which reads Lucy Grey to let you know you are on your way.
From the railroad signal station the trail heads up an alluvial fan into the hills. Once you reach the gully and head into the hills, the trail becomes hard to follow, so pay attention to GPS coordinates, or your map. The trek is mostly easy with one or two small sections that will require you to pay a little more attention. The most difficult part of this trail is the route finding up to the mine and town site.
Just prior to reaching the mine itself, there is a cool old house which is nice to check out. About 1/4 mile further and there is a large truck which marks the road up to the mine. The road is mostly washed out and very steep, but well worth the hike up to the mine.
The Lucy Grey goldmine was started in either 1905 or 1913 and founded by T.L. Bright. Part of the Sunset or Lyons mining district the location appears have been operating into the 1960s. The Lucy Grey appears to have produced Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver and Zinc.
Sometime between January, 2010 and October, 2011 the mine openings were covered with heavy gauge steel grates and much damage was done to the structure at the mine site itself.