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We updated our photos on our October 31st, 2004 day trip. Originally called Ely City but after the five-stamp Chicago mill was moved to Pioche
from Hiko in Feb. 1870 the name was changed to Bullionville. The next two years most of Pioche's mills were built here. Because of the great supply of water which they did not have in Pioche. While we were here I tried to find the Page Mill and the Condor Mill. The Page was built about one half mile
northeast of the Chicago. All that was left were just a few bricks and nothing else. The Condor is now on private property and and very little if anything
remains.
Bullionville also has a very old Cemetery
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In 1872 they began to run a 21 mile narrow gage which carried ore from mine to mill.This was the second railroad built in Nevada.
It was the Pioche & Bullionville Railroad to Pioche.
Heres an old railroad car at Bullionville.
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Bullionville grew greatly between 1872 and 1875 with a population of 500, they had stores, hotels, saloons,
hay yards and a daily stage service to Pioche. Bullionville supported five mills with 110 stamps to crush Pioches ore.
Mill foundation photo!
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By 1875 Pioche had built thier waterworks,enough to supply thier milling needs. Shortly after that Bullionville was on the down side.
The mills were removed over the next two years and the railroad ceased to run after that, the last mill stopped running in 1880.
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They built a smelter and concentrating plant to work all of the tailings from the mills. This only gave Bullionville a few more years of life.
It's a total ghost today!
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Another foundation photo, Photo's taken Oct 31st,2004.
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In our search for Moodyville and Lyonville, this is what we found at the sites.
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