slgwv's photos with the keyword: La Plata

Looking back down the canyon from the old building sites. The distant mountain on the skyline is Fairview Peak. As the name suggests, this was (purportedly, anyway) a silver strike, dating from the 1860s. ("Plata" = "silver" in Spanish.) However, the "strike" had much more to do with promotion and hype than with actual metal values, and no production took place altho some prospect pits and shafts were dug. Even with the recent run-up in precious metal values, there's been no new activity around the town site itself.

La Plata, Nevada, USA. The size of the spoil heap indicates this wasn't a particularly promising claim! ;)

A few fragments of brick left at what must have been another building. I suspect the bricks were all carted away for resale during the used-brick craze after WW II. As the name suggests, this was (purportedly, anyway) a silver strike, dating from the 1860s. ("Plata" = "silver" in Spanish.) However, the "strike" had much more to do with promotion and hype than with actual metal values, and no production took place altho some prospect pits and shafts were dug. Even with the recent run-up in precious metal values, there's been no new activity around the town site itself.

Nevada, USA. As the name suggests, this was (purportedly, anyway) a silver strike, dating from the 1860s. ("Plata" = "silver" in Spanish.) However, the "strike" had much more to do with promotion and hype than with actual metal values, and no production took place altho some prospect pits and shafts were dug. Even with the recent run-up in precious metal values, there's been no new activity around the town site itself.

And cattle trough. The tree looks to have been trimmed by grazing cattle! La Plata Canyon, on the way to the site of La Plata, Nevada, USA.

Who got to go with us, all by himself, to the old mining site of La Plata, Nevada!