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Eldorado Canyon -
Searchlight, Nevada
Decline
Beginning in 1911, a rapid decline in production from the Searchlight
mines began. For the next 10-year period, production averaged only 20
percent of the prior decade. The individuals working the mines were
lessees and primarily interested in working over old stopes and rem'oving
pillars. Little exploratory effort was expended to locate new deposits.
The leasing period closed the initial development of the Searchlight
Mining District. Later activity in the 1930's and 1940's consisted of
reworking of the tailings with better separation techniques. No additional
mining of any substantial nature was undertaken. Should mining resume,
as is now postulated, it will probably be aimed at base, not precious,
metals.
HDavid F. Myrick, Railroads of Nevada alld Easte/'ll Califol'llia (Berkeley;
Howell-North Books, 1963), II, p. 850.
lUThe Searchlight, April 14, 1905, p. 2.
lOMyrick, Railroads of ... ,pp. 851-852.
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Early Development of El Dorado Canyon
and Searchlight Mining Districts
JOHN M. TOWNLEY
Introduction
Previous Work
Prior to 1897
Spanish Mining
Nineteeth Century
Searchlight Boom
Development
Decline
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