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Jun 4, 2024 · WHITE PINE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Four people were killed in a crash in White Pine County near Ely on Thursday. Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) troopers responded to a crash...
Jun 4, 2024 · Four people are dead after a fiery crash on U.S. 6 near Ely, in White Pine County late last month. Nevada State Police troopers say the crash happened more specifically on U.S. 6 at mile marker 31, about 7 miles west of Ely just before 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 30th.
Delaine and Rick Spilsbury stand among Bahsahwahbee, a grove of Rocky Mountain juniper trees locally called swamp cedars, in White Pine County on Oct. 1, 2024, near Ely.
- Everyone Made It Sound easy.
- What I Had Imagined vs. What I Found
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- Beauty Is in The Eye of The Beholder
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- All The Garnets I Found
- Holy Heck, I Got A Big One
- The Breathtaking Views at Garnet Hill
“You should go to Garnet Hill,” an employee at our RV park told me. “Just drive up there, and there’s tons of garnets on the ground, and you can take them.” “Garnets?” I asked, wide-eyed. My birthday is in January so I am fond of the deep red stone. “Yep,” he said. “Lying right there on the ground. You just pick ’em up to take home.” Even the sign ...
When I imagined what it would look like, I pictured thousands of sparkling, deep red jewels scattered across a beautiful Garnet mountain – just mine for the taking. But when I arrived at Garnet Hill, what I actually found was millions of white, jagged rocks covering the ground. It did not look like the Garnet covered mountain of my dreams. So I fig...
The cool thing is that the garnet rocks came from volcanic eruptions that happened millions of years ago. The not-as-cool thing is that they are not as easy to find as the sign, or the locals, might suggests.
One family was already there, scouring the mountainside. I asked them where the garnets were – I was dying to know… “Oh!” the mom said excitedly. “We found some!” She proceeded to hold up a rock. “See?” she said as she pointed to a miniscule speck of black. “It’s a garnet!”
But I still listened to the family as they offered me advice on finding garnets. They said to look for rocks that are sparkling because it means they contain quartz. They told me that the garnets can be found near quartz. Then, look for dark red color, or black specks, inside the rock. These colors apparently indicate the rock has garnets inside. D...
After hiking the mountain for 30 minutes, meticulously examining almost every rock within reach, I was sweating, very close to passing out, and I still hadn’t found any garnets. At that point, I became painfully aware of three things: 1. I had been lied to. 2. I’m seriously out of shape. 3. I wasted money on a hammer and chisel. My ego would not le...
Apparently, while my sister and I were slaving away with a hammer and chisel, some local woman was out walking her dog on Garnet Hill and just so happened to find a large garnet, already perfectly broken free of its rock. That’s right. She found a huge garnet just lying around when she wasn’t even looking for it. Garnet mountain was really starting...
Sweaty and disillusioned, I left Garnet Hill with a huge bag of rocks, which I showed to my dad back at the RV Park. “That’s it?” he asked, sounding more disappointed than I felt. “Well, the garnets just don’t come that big,” I explained. “I’m going to crack open these rocks until I find a good one!” I then proceeded to hammer and chisel at every r...
I then started smashing rocks just to release my frustration–and I found a beautiful, relatively large, multi-faceted garnet. Here it is….. ta da….!!!! I’m currently trying to figure out how to break it free of its stony shell without breaking the garnet itself. Any ideas?
Despite the whole garnet misunderstanding, I highly recommend you visit Garnet Hill. The views are breathtaking.
Ely (/ ˈ iː l i /, EE-lee) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. In 1906 copper was discovered. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50.
May 4, 2016 · The mines declined, and devastating fire destroyed most of the town’s buildings. The boom was bust by 1885. Ward’s settlement and charcoal venture are gone, but through the decades his...
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In 1885, fire struck Hamilton, the White Pine County seat, and devastated that town. As Hamilton was already in decline, the county seat moved to Ely in 1887. In preparation, the Canton Mining Company donated 20 acres for a new Ely townsite, which was platted by W.N. McGill.
