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Troy Cemetery

Crows Nest, Nye County, Nevada, USA

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    Coordinates: 38.34365, -115.56459
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Located in Nevada's remote Grant Range are the remnants of an 1870s silver mining and milling camp. Mountain peaks at the head of Troy Canyon stand over 11,000 feet in elevation, while nearby Railroad Valley lies at 4700 feet. Prospectors wandered into Troy Canyon in 1867, where they discovered silver ore outcrops. Within a few years, the prospectors had improved their claims, purchased and homesteaded ranch lands in Railroad Valley, and sold their Troy Canyon mines to a British company – the Troy Silver Mining Company. Composed of
Lancashire investors from all walks of life, this far away company attempted to establish a profitable silver mine and mill in the wilds of nineteenth century Nevada. The nearest supply centers were a hundred miles away from Troy and the superintendents from Bacup, Lancashire were unfamiliar with Nevada geology and successful mining and milling technologies. After a few years, their efforts failed to produce silver or dividends to stockholders and the operation ceased. While similar boom-and-bust events were happening throughout northern and central Nevada at the same time, the real story of Troy remains sketchy 130 years after the fact. The cause of Troy's failure is open to conjecture, some believing the whole thing was a scam, others chalking it up to
bad management.
From USDA Forest Service.
by Nevada Bob



Located in Nevada's remote Grant Range are the remnants of an 1870s silver mining and milling camp. Mountain peaks at the head of Troy Canyon stand over 11,000 feet in elevation, while nearby Railroad Valley lies at 4700 feet. Prospectors wandered into Troy Canyon in 1867, where they discovered silver ore outcrops. Within a few years, the prospectors had improved their claims, purchased and homesteaded ranch lands in Railroad Valley, and sold their Troy Canyon mines to a British company – the Troy Silver Mining Company. Composed of
Lancashire investors from all walks of life, this far away company attempted to establish a profitable silver mine and mill in the wilds of nineteenth century Nevada. The nearest supply centers were a hundred miles away from Troy and the superintendents from Bacup, Lancashire were unfamiliar with Nevada geology and successful mining and milling technologies. After a few years, their efforts failed to produce silver or dividends to stockholders and the operation ceased. While similar boom-and-bust events were happening throughout northern and central Nevada at the same time, the real story of Troy remains sketchy 130 years after the fact. The cause of Troy's failure is open to conjecture, some believing the whole thing was a scam, others chalking it up to
bad management.
From USDA Forest Service.
by Nevada Bob



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  • Added: 12 Jun 2013
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2500333