Pershing County Nevada Ghost Towns

Chafey, Nevada. 1908. Prior site of Dun Glen, Nevada.

Dun Glen Nevada – Pershing County Ghost Town

Tucked into the sun-scorched folds of Dun Glen Canyon in the East Range of Pershing County, Nevada, the ghost town of Dun Glen—sometimes spelled Dunglen…
Mazuma, Nevada - 1908

Mazuma Nevada – Pershing County Ghost Town

Mazuma, Nevada - 1908 Mazuma Nevada started its short life in 1907 when the Seven Troughs gold strike started attracting an influx of miners from…
Smelting Works. Oreana, Nevada. ca. 1857 by Timothy H. O'Sullivan - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Oreana Nevada – Pershing County Ghost Town

Oreana Nevada is a milling town which was active from 1865 - 1885 in Pershing County Nevada and home to the Montezuma Smelting Works. The…
Upper Rochester, Nevada 1918

Rochester Nevada – Pershing County Ghost Town

Rochester, Nevada, is a historic ghost town and former mining camp located in Rochester Canyon within the southern Humboldt Range in Pershing County, Nevada. Situated…
Seven Troughs Nevada 1907

Seven Troughs Nevada – Pershing County Ghost Town

Seven Troughs Nevada 1907 In 1894, Frank Ward a sheepman in the area, built seven water troughs to water his sheep. The name Seven Troughs…