Millers Nevada State Historic Marker 101 is located at a rest stop alone highway 6 a few miles west of Tonopah, in Esmeralda county, Nevada. Millers was a train station and watering stop for the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad.
Following a mining boom in Tonopah in 1901 and construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Millers was first founded in 1904 as a station and watering stop. The name honored Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad and former governor of Delaware. He also served as vice-president of the Tonopah Mining Company and instrumental in having its 100-stamp cyanide mill built here in 1906.
In 1907, the town boomed with the construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad’s repair shops and another large mill. The population grew to 274 in 1910, when the town boasted a business district and post office. Millers boasted a modest business district and despite its relatively small population layed claim to a large park with baseball diamond and grandstand.
By 1911, the railroad shops and a mill had been moved away, and Millers began to decline. It was abandoned in 1947 when the railroad went out of business.
Nevada State Historic Marker Text
As a result of mining excitement at Tonopah in 1901 and subsequent construction of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, Millers was first founded in 1904 as a station and watering stop on that line. The name honored Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad and former governor of Delaware. He was also vice-president of the Tonopah Mining Company and was instrumental in having its 100-stamp cyanide mill built here in 1906. In 1907, the town boomed with the construction of the T. & G. R.R.’s repair shops and another large mill. The population grew to 274 in 1910, when the town boasted a business district and post office. By 1911, the railroad shops and a mill had been moved away, and Millers began to decline. It was abandoned in 1947 when the railroad went out of business.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 101
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
AMERICAN LEGION, NEVADA DEPT.
Town Summary
| Name | Millers |
| Location | Esmeralda County, Nevada |
| Nevada State Historic Marker | 101 |
| Latitude, Longitude | 38.1402, -117.4539 |
| Elevation | 4,800 Feet |
| GNIS | 856083 |
| Population | 275 |
| Post Office | 1906 – |
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