KIMBERLY -
(1903-1958)
(T16N R62E SW1/4 Section 8) At terminus of SR 44, 4
miles west of its junction with US 50 at a point 5 miles northwest
of Ely. Named for Peter L. Kimberly, an early
postmaster or a principal stockholder in the Giroux Copper Co. on
Pilot Knob (Later, the Consolidated Copper Co.)
The Pilot Knob Mine was developed in
May 1900 on the Giroux property by J. A. Snedaker and E. L.
Giroux. Ore was also found in the Taylor, Old Glory and
Brooks Mines and in 1901, Dave Bartley and Edwin F. Gray
discovered copper at a depth of 120 feet in their
mines.
The town began in 1903 a few
miles to the southwest of Old Ruth. In the mid-1920's, Kimberly, a
copper company town, had a school, hospital, Nevada Northern
depot, bunkhouses, boarding houses, a newspaper, post office and
several homes to house about 500 people. Kennecott Corp. bought
the townsite in 1958. No longer in existence and there are only
mine dumps where the town once stood.
Kimberly, Nevada
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| Town of Kimberly, Nevada in foreground; Emma Nevada
Mine in right center. Photo courtesy of Walter Johnson,
Tallahassee, FL |
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Lower Camp of Kimberly - 1932 Photo courtesy of
Walter Johnson, Tallahassee,
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| Lower Camp of Kimberly - 1943 Photo courtesy of
Walter Johnson, Tallahassee,
FL |
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Upper Camp of Kimberly - 1951/52 Photo courtesy of
Walter Johnson, Tallahassee,
FL |
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