Old Heart Of Nevada: Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Elko County [Paperback]

Shawn Hall (Author)

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• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874172950
• ISBN-13: 978-0874172959
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,211,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty words but no maps or GPS coordinates, July 24, 2008

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Jellicoe (Battle Mountain, NV, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Old Heart Of Nevada: Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Elko County (Paperback)

As with other books of this style and Author, There are no maps of any use nor are there GPS Coordinates. While instructions are included so the sites they are very vague and many depend on your finding a site your not interested in, in order to find the one you want. With so many dirt roads in mining area's the directions to turn left of a dirt road does not help with there could be 10 dirt roads in a span of three hundred feet.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best On The Ground Guide, April 3, 2007

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S. Clinard (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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All of Shawn Hall's books are excellent. We have used them for several years to plan trips and then go find the locations he mentions. He gives the reader not only the history of the site, but what remains today of the ghost towns, old stage stops, and railroad towns.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource for historians and explorers, January 30, 2007

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B. Wynne (Copperopolis, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Shawn Hall obviously has a love of history and it's preservation. "Old Heart of Nevada: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Elko County" is obviously the result of 1000's of hours of research and countless miles of off-road exploration. Hall's account of these now vanished towns is both factual and facinating as he provides the history, stories, and current state of dozens of now defunct towns, mines, and ranch sites of the area.
The text alone is worth the price for the facts and stories, but even better are the historical photos which can often be contrasted with the author's own photo's of the same area.
A must-have for any Nevada historian or explorer.