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Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) club

Posted: 10 Jun 2013

Taken: 19 Dec 2008

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Bristol Wells, NV (0634)

Bristol Wells, NV (0634)
Bristol Wells was the site of ovens that were used to convert local wood into charcoal for use by the mining industry. The area is on a graded dirt road 6 miles off of US 93 and about 15 miles north of Pioche. There are the remains of two buildings, a windmill, and three ovens.
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 slgwv
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If I may presume to answer-- According to the Lincoln Co. writeup (Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lincoln County, Nev. Bureau of Mines Bull. 73, 1970), mining began in the 1870s in the Bristol district, so they're presumably late 19th century.
10 years ago.

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