Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Illustrated Atlas Volume One-Northern Nevada (Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps) [Paperback]

Stanley W. Paher (Author), Paul Cirac (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 2009

Covering the northern portion of Nevada, this atlas includes sites in northern Nevada. It has 37 color maps and 265 vintage photos by ghost town pioneer Nell Murbarger. Each of the maps in this atlas are keyed to the corresponding historic sketches found in its popular companion volume, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps by Stanley W. Paher.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Nevada Pubns (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913814091
• ISBN-13: 978-0913814093
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great guide, September 6, 2006

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Konrad Baumeister - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Illustrated Atlas Volume One-Northern Nevada (Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps) (Paperback)

This volume and the companion volume for southern Nevada make great guides for the 4WD explorer. The maps, which are very detailed (I only wish a foldout complete map were included) indicate every mining camp, settlement, even cemetary, as well as rating the roads as trails, 4WD necessary, or better. The maps also refer the reader to Paher's more detailed book on the ghost towns themselves, including appropriate page numbers. The maps are the heart of the book.

The photos, which besides the maps make up the balance of the book, are excellent but in many cases dated. In fact, there are numerous notes that this or that building or artifact is no longer in existence. This is useful, if sad, since the reader is likely an explorer of these sites as well, and will not want to waste time on driving to some remote site where everything of note has been looted or removed. Still, more current photos, or then-and-now photos, would have been desirable.

Regarding the text, there is very little - readers interested in the stories behind the towns need to get Paher's larger volume on the same subject.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent map collection of northern Nevada ghost towns, January 23, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Illustrated Atlas Volume One-Northern Nevada (Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps) (Paperback)

This excellent book of maps is an addendum volume to Stanley Paher's superb NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS, one of the best (and best selling) books on the state. It covers the northern part of the state (a second volume deals with southern Nevada and Death Valley). The maps are incredibly detailed and include all the ghost towns/mining camps in Paher's book and then some. In addition to the maps, many photographs of many of the sites are included, though most of them look no more recent than the 1950s (so visitors today should expect to see much less physical evidence than shown in the photos). This book is essential for anyone who plans to go "ghost hunting" in person, though I recommed getting Paher's book too.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Keep looking if you want Southern Nevada..., June 5, 2005

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E. Strehl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Illustrated Atlas Volume One-Northern Nevada (Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps) (Paperback)

This volume only cover the northern part of the state. If you want the Las Vegas area, check out volume two. The maps and photos are good.