Gold Center, Nevada

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Gold Center, Nevada was a short-lived early 20th-century mining town in Nye County that developed during the gold rush activity near Beatty.

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Gold Center, Nevada canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place
ghost town
category Former populated places in Nye County, Nevada
Ghost towns in Nevada
country United States
developedDuring early 20th century
gold rush near Beatty, Nevada
hasClimate arid climate
hasGeographicFeature desert environment
hasNearbySettlement Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite, Nevada
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity gold mining
hasSettlementType mining town
hasStatus abandoned
short-lived settlement
historicalPeriod American Old West mining era
locatedIn Amargosa Desert
Nevada
Nye County, Nevada
linked to: Nye County

United States interior West
linked to: Intermountain West
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNear Beatty, Nevada
namedAfter gold
near Bullfrog Mining District
partOf Nye County, Nevada
linked to: Nye County
reasonForDecline decline in local gold mining activity
exhaustion of profitable ore
region Southern Nevada
linked to: southern Nevada
transportationServedBy Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad

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