Welcome to Mineral County
Mineral County was carved out of Esmeralda County in 1911 shortly after the county seat of Esmeralda was moved to Goldfield in 1907. Its name came from the surrounding area, which is heavily mineralized. Hawthorne has always been its county seat and it originally served Esmeralda County.
Hawthorne was established in 1881 as a freight depot and repair station for the Carson and Colorado Railroad, which was in the process of extending its track to the boomtown of Candelaria. The town got off to a slow start because no mines of significant value were discovered in the area. Its economy experienced a small boost in 1883, when the seat of Esmeralda County was moved from Aurora to Hawthorne. The railroad sustained the town through the end of the nineteenth century, and it supported a population of 436 in 1900.
The rugged Wassuk Range serving as a boundary dividing Mineral County from Mono County, California and Lyon County, Nevada. The Wassuk Range averages 9,000 feet elevation with Mt. Grant extending up to 11,245 feet. Mineral County is generally mountainous, with canyons and large arid plateaus rising upward from the Walker Lake Basin.
Mineral County's primary industry is the U. S. Ammunition Depot which is the worlds largest facility of its kind.
Places in Mineral County include Hawthorne (county seat), Luning, Mina, Schurz and Walker Lake.
Parts of Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest and Inyo National Forest are in this county. Most of Walker River Indian Reservation is also in this county.
Sources
NV Energy
Wikipedia
onlinenevada.org
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