Argenta, Nevada

Argenta, Nevada
ghost town
Argenta (Nevada)

Location within the state of Nevada

Coordinates: 40°40′27″N 116°42′20″W / 40.67417°N 116.70556°WCoordinates: 40°40′27″N 116°42′20″W / 40.67417°N 116.70556°W
Country United States
State Nevada
County Lander
Elevation 7,500 ft (2,300 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 0
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Argenta is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada, in the USA.

History

Silver was found in Argenta in 1866, a small camp was built and a little town established. Argenta became in a shipping point for Austin, Nevada, and its residents had the hope that Austin would help make Argenta the railroad center of the Lander County.[1] Unhappily, the center of attentions in Austin was Battle Mountain, Nevada, which was closer to the city and nearer Galena.[1] People of Argenta understood that the future of the town was bedeviled. In December 1870, they moved everything and themselves to Battle Mountain, and Argenta became a ghost town. There was no activity in Argenta until 1930 when barite was discovered in Argenta Mountain. From 1930 and 1969 over $3 million in barite was produced. The mine was active until 2015, when it was closed by its owner Baker Hughes.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Argenta, Nevada". Ghosttowns.com. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

External links

Bibliography

Romancing Nevada's Past: Ghost Towns and Historic Sites of Eureka, Lander and White Pines counties / by Shawn Hall. - Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1994