There are only two gravestones in this very old pioneer cemetery, but many more obvious depressions in the ground where someone was buried but the marker has long since deteriorated and vanished with time.

Sign reads: Eureka City. In this area are the remains of Eureka City, a hydraulic mining down. During the years of Lincoln's presidency, the town polled 800 votes. The quest for gold was so high, the main portion of the town was hydraulicked away. the rich little town died overnight with word of a strike in Virginia City. Tahoe National Forest.