San Juan, Nevada

San Juan or Upper Camp, a present day ghost town, was a mining camp of the Eldorado Mining District, established in 1861 in the Nevada Territory.

It was located in the upper reach of El Dorado Canyon, just below the present day location of Nelson in Clark County, Nevada. Its ore was transported by steamboats of the Colorado River^[1]

References

↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978; pg. 33,35.

Steamboats of the Colorado River

Particular vessels	Cochan Cocopah I Cocopah II Colorado I Colorado II Esmerelda Explorer General Jesup General Rosales Gila Mohave I Mohave II Nina Tilden Retta Searchlight St. Vallier San Jorge Uncle Sam

Steamboat Lines	California Development Company Colorado Steam Navigation Company George A. Johnson & Company Gulf of California Steamship Company Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company Pacific & Colorado Steam Navigation Company Philadelphia Silver and Copper Mining Company Stacy Brothers Union Line U.S. Reclamation Service

Water routes	Colorado River

Steamboat owners and captains	James Turnbull George Alonzo Johnson David C. Robinson Isaac Polhamus Thomas E. Trueworthy John Alexander Mellon

Builders	Austin Hills Domingo Marcucci John G. North Henry Owens Patrick Henry Tiernan

Shipyards	Port Isabel, Sonora Yuma, Arizona Territory

List of vessels	List of Steamboats on the Colorado River

Steamboats in other areas	Steamboats of California

Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States

County seat: Las Vegas

Cities	Boulder City Henderson Las Vegas Mesquite‡ North Las Vegas

CDPs	Blue Diamond Bunkerville Cal-Nev-Ari Enterprise Goodsprings Indian Springs Laughlin Moapa Town Moapa Valley Mount Charleston Nellis AFB Nelson Paradise Sandy Valley Searchlight Spring Valley Summerlin South Sunrise Manor Whitney Winchester

Unincorporated communities	Arden Cactus Springs Cottonwood Cove Coyote Springs Crystal Glendale Jean Las Vegas Chinatown Lone Mountain Logandale Lower Kyle Canyon Mountain Springs Overton Primm Red Rock Riverside Sloan Stewarts Point

Townships	Henderson Las Vegas North Las Vegas

Ghost towns	Alturas Bonelli's Ferry Buster Falls Callville Colorado City El Dorado City Gold Butte Louisville Lucky Jim Camp Nelson's Landing Potosi Quartette Rioville San Juan Simonsville St. Thomas Stone's Ferry Saint Joseph

Indian reservations	Fort Mojave Indian Reservation‡ Moapa River Indian Reservation

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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