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Nevada Historical Marker #92
Candelaria And Metallic City. The ghost towns of Candelaria and Metallic City are seven miles west of here.Candelaria was reported to be named after a mine of the same name, located in the mid-1860s, and is derived from the Catholic Church’s Candelmas Day. Metallic City lies ¾ mile to the south of Candelaria.In 1880, Candelaria was the largest town in the immediate area and boasted three doctors, three lawyers, two hotels, six stores, and ten saloons. Water piped from Pinchower Creek and Trail Canyon in the mid to late-1880s caused the price of water to drop from $1.00 to $0.05 per gallon.The leading mine, the Northern Belle, was first located in 1864, but was not developed until 1870. It is reported to have produced an estimated $7 million, mainly in silver.
Candelaria Road, Coaldale, NV, United States
Nevada Historical Marker #154
Belleville. Founded in 1874 by Alsop J. Holmes, Belleville flourished by milling ore from Holmes’ Northern Belle Mine at Candelaria. The mill, located just east of here, made its first bullion-bar shipment (worth $9,200) in April 1875.Belleville was also the terminus and work camp of the Carson and Colorado Railroad that reached the town in December 1881. At that time Belleville’s population peaked at about five hundred and included an assay office, an express office, a telegraph station, a livery stable, a schoolhouse, two hotels, several restaurants and blacksmith shops, and seven saloons.By the late 1880s pipes delivered water to Candelaria and allowed local mills to begin operation, reducing the need for shipping costs. Belleville could not survive the competition and was deserted by 1892.STATE HISTORIC
Mina-Basalt Cutoff Rd, Columbus, NV, United States