Delamar, Nevada
USA /
Nevada /
Caliente /
World
/ USA
/ Nevada
/ Caliente
World / United States / Nevada
ghost town, historic ruins
Rather extensive ruins and a few facades of buildings on the main street.It's quite a long ride to the site as it is about 35 miles from the Crystal Springs cutoff on rather changeable roads and through a few dry washes.This is Four wheel drive travel only after you exit the Extraterrestrial Highway. Delamar is off US 93 approx. 16 miles west of Caliente, NV. Drive about 15 miles south on a gravel/rock road to Delamar. Sign is posted on gravel road. Four wheel drive vehicle is likely required.
It was in the early 1890s when a wealthy Frenchman, Captain Joseph Rafael De La Mar began development of the rich mining camp in the Delamar hills. The town boomed from 1895 into the twentieth century, finally becoming a ghost town at the beginning of World War II, nearly a half century later. Delamar was known to many as the “widow maker.” Several dozen women were widowed here. Because water was scarce, the crusher was run almost dry and created a fine dust that contained silica. The deadly dust was inhaled by the men, causing silicosis and an ultimately death. The dreaded dust also pierced lungs of women, children and animals. Water had to be hauled to all houses except one where it was tapped. In this house lived the “last rose of Delamar,” Agnes Horn, who had been there since childhood. Her husband was one of the young men felled by the dust. She was one of the camp's first settlers and among the last to leave. She was buried in the cemetery, beneath a rose bush that had once bloomed at her window.
On the ground video tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCsLNZ4H4M
For more info, photos, video, GPX track, and maps:
www.in-the-desert.com/delamarghosttown.html
www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/delamar.html
It was in the early 1890s when a wealthy Frenchman, Captain Joseph Rafael De La Mar began development of the rich mining camp in the Delamar hills. The town boomed from 1895 into the twentieth century, finally becoming a ghost town at the beginning of World War II, nearly a half century later. Delamar was known to many as the “widow maker.” Several dozen women were widowed here. Because water was scarce, the crusher was run almost dry and created a fine dust that contained silica. The deadly dust was inhaled by the men, causing silicosis and an ultimately death. The dreaded dust also pierced lungs of women, children and animals. Water had to be hauled to all houses except one where it was tapped. In this house lived the “last rose of Delamar,” Agnes Horn, who had been there since childhood. Her husband was one of the young men felled by the dust. She was one of the camp's first settlers and among the last to leave. She was buried in the cemetery, beneath a rose bush that had once bloomed at her window.
On the ground video tour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCsLNZ4H4M
For more info, photos, video, GPX track, and maps:
www.in-the-desert.com/delamarghosttown.html
www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/delamar.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delamar_Ghost_Town
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Coordinates: 37°27'23"N 114°46'16"W
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