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

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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.

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.

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.

A must buy for any ghost town enthusiast!