Columbus, Nevada
| ghost town, historic landmark
USA /
Nevada /
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/ USA
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/ Hawthorne
World / United States / Nevada
ghost town, historic landmark
Columbus was settled in 1865 by silver miners. A rich supply of salt was discovered nearby and within a one year, the population grew to 200. In 1871, borax was discovered and by 1873, several companies were at work. By 1875, Columbus had a school, a post office, an iron foundry and a weekly newspaper. Unfortunately, the town's major borax company moved the same year and Columbus began to decline that summer. The town was almost completely dead by the mid-1880s. Numerous other operations tried to revive the borax mining up to today; however, none have lasted.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Nevada
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Coordinates: 38°6'33"N 118°1'12"W
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