Mining Railroads of Nevada

Mining Railroads.

Cortez Mining Company.
30in Gauge.

Near Tenabo Eureka County. 1890 - ca. 1930

Dayton Sutro & Carson Valley Railroad.
36in Gauge. Initially constructed as the Lyon Mill & Mining Company, J.M. Douglas purchased the line from Fred Birdsall who had become interested in the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada in California. The line operated a single locomotive, a Porter 0-4-2 named "Joe Douglas" until some time in the 1890's when operations ended, the exact date currently unknown. Dayton, Lyon County. 1881 - ca. 1900

Eureka Mill Railroad.
30in Gauge. Short by even shortline standards, this line was built by the Union Mill Compnay in 1872 due their Eureka Mill being in a location unreachable by the Virginia & Truckee along the Carson River. Initially horse drawn, a Porter 0-4-0T was purchased later. The mill burned down in 1892, leaving the railroad abandoned. Sometime after 1906 the equipment was sold.
Santiago Canyon (V&T) to Eureka Mill. 1872 - 1906

Eureka & Ruby Hill Railroad.
36in Gauge. Constructed to connect the Eureka Consolidated Mines with their smelter operations in Eureka, in 1875 the line was purchased by the Eureka & Palisade Railroad. Under E&P control, trackage was expanded to the Richmond Consolidated Mine and associated Smelter. In 1893 operations were abandoned after the mines shut down. In 1902 operations resumed on a smaller scale until the flood which wiped out much of the E&P in 1910. Eureka to Ruby Hill, Eureka County. 1874 - 1893 and 1902 - 1910

Lyon Mining & Milling Company.
36in Gauge. Initially constructed as the Lyon Mill & Mining Company, J.M. Douglas purchased the line from Fred Birdsall who had become interested in the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada in California. The line operated a single locomotive, a Porter 0-4-2 named "Joe Douglas" until some time in the 1890's when operations ended, the exact date currently unknown. Dayton (C&C) to Rock Point Mill (Dayton, NV). 1881 - ca. 1900

Pacific Tungsten Company.
24in Gauge.
Mill City, Pershing County. 1918 - 1947

Quartette Mining Company.
36in Gauge.Hauled gold ore from the Quartette mine near Searchlight to their stamp mill 16 miles away on the Colorado river. Discovery of a water source close to the mine lead to the construction of a new mill near the mine in 1906. Operations ceased on the railroad shortly thereafter, the remaining equipment and rails were sold between 1910 and 1915. Searchlight, Clark County. 1902 - 1908

Yellow Pine Mining Company.
36in Gauge.Constructed to tap lead and manganese deposits west of Jean. The railroad hauled ore from the mines down steep grades to the smelter in Goodsprings for processing. The final product was then shipped down to Jean for transloading on the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad (now Union Pacific). Ore shipments ceased by 1930 and the railroad was scrapped in 1934. Jean to Goodsprings, Clark County. 1911 - 1934