Miller's, Nevada

Millers, Nevada
Ghost town
Millers, Nevada
Millers, Nevada
Coordinates: 38°08′12″N 117°27′27″W / 38.13667°N 117.45750°W / 38.13667; -117.45750Coordinates: 38°08′12″N 117°27′27″W / 38.13667°N 117.45750°W / 38.13667; -117.45750
Named for Charles R. Miller
Elevation 1,470 m (4,823 ft)
GNIS feature ID 856083

Millers (also spelled Miller's[1]) is a ghost town located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Deserted today, Millers sprang up as a mining boomtown after the Tonopah boom began.

History

Millers came to life as a result of the furor in Tonopah. In 1901 the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad was constructed and by 1904 Millers was founded as a station and watering stop along the rail line. The name of the town honors Charles R. Miller, a director of the railroad who was also once the Governor of Delaware. Miller also worked as vice president of the Tonopah Mining Company and played a key role in bringing that company's 100-stamp cyanide mill built in Millers in 1906. In 1907 the railroad company constructed repair shops in Millers and another large mill went up. By 1910 Millers had a post office, a business district and a population of 274. A year later, in 1911, the railroad shops and mill had moved and the town began a slow decline. By 1941, Millers had 28 inhabitants.[2] When the railroad went under in 1947 the town of Millers followed suit and became a ghost town.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millers
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 32.
  3. ↑ "Miller's, Nevada Historical Marker 101". Nevada Division of Water Planning, Nevada Historical Markers Index. Archived from the original on 29 Sep 2006.
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