Nevada Industrial 40-Acre Placer

Historical Record

The Nevada Industrial 40-Acre Placer was a 40-acre unpatented placer claim in Washoe County, Nevada. This larger claim offered extensive ground for commercial-scale placer operations.

Size of Claim:40 AcresType:Unpatented Placer Mining ClaimState/County:Nevada, 2 miles NW of Reno.  Washoe County.Discovery Monument: 39°35'44.07"N, 119°52'12.62"WMining Commodity:GoldPast Producer:Yes.Closest Cities:Reno (2 miles), Sparks (6 miles), Carson City (31 miles)Accessibility:Multiple well maintained dirt roads lead to claim, 2-wheel drive accessible.Camping:Yes. This is on BLM land, and a wonderful level camp site exists on the claim with multiple trees for shade.Food/Amenities:3-4 miles away, city of Reno, NV.  Gas, food, lodging, hotels and casinos.  "Biggest Little City in the World" just a stones throw from the claim.Cell Phone Reception:Yes. 4G LTE all networks.Primary Claim Features:Several hundred meters of gold deposits exist on site verified through sampling and BLM recordsMining Relics:Yes, including stone cabin/mill site.Tailings Pile:Yes.  Multiple headings/tailings piles exist on the claim.  Estimated a few hundred tons from the 1880's era and 2-3 more recent, from the 1980s.Unmined Area: Substantial known quantities.  "The bottom 20" acres as I call it is virgin ground.Comments about Workings:See below.

The Nevada Industrial Gold Placeris a gold placer deposit with historic significance, first discovered in the 1870’s, just outside of modern day Reno, NV.  Using primitive tools and man power available at the time, evidence of a stone cabin/mill site shows the material was processed on site, just outside of the historic mining town of Peavine in the hills behind the claim.

Additional historic mines close by include Golden Fleece Mine, Peavine Peak Mine, Nevada Central Mine, The Marshal Group Silver/Lead Mine, Fravel Mine and the Paymaster group of mines, which have over a mile of underground workings is just 1.5 miles away from the Nevada Industrial claims.

The Nevada Industrial claim is located in the Peavine Mining District, also known as Poeville until 1863, is the site of a historical mining town, established in 1864.  John Poe, allegedly related to Edgar Allen Poe, discovered rich gold and silver veins in 1862 on the slopes of Peavine Mountain.  After the discovery of ore, Poe announced that the veins comprised the next Comstock Lode, he presented extract ore at the state fair of 1864 as rich in content.  As a result, the former mining camp, called Poe City, grew to 200 people by 1864.  Ore production in the mining district and population peaked around 1873-1974 with several hundred people living in town, supported by three hotels and a post office.  The post office, named “Poeville”, operated between 1874 and 1878.

Claim Features (Historical)

• 40 acres of unpatented placer ground
• Located in Nevada, Washoe County, Virginia City District
• Primary commodity: Gold
• Historic mining area with proven mineral potential
• Sold through Mountain Man Mining™