Treasure Hill (White Pine County, Nevada)
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Treasure Hill is an east-jutting spur of the White Pine Range of White Pine County in the east central region of the U.S. state of Nevada.[1][2] It lies to the east of Mount Hamilton and to the northwest of Mokomoke Hill. It is noted for a silver mining boom in the late 1860s: between 1867 and 1880, the total production from area mines was valued at $20 million (equivalent to $542 million in 2023).[3][4] The rush drew thousands to new towns such as Hamilton, situated at the northern base of the hill, and Treasure City, located near its peak, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Hamilton.[5]
By early 1881 mining activity collapsed, as it was dependent on deposits and not on lasting silver-bearing geological veins. As a result, by 1888 there were only 24 people living there, and the principal towns of Hamilton, Treasure City, and Shermantown faded into oblivion.[6][3]