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Barnwell (Manvel) desert railhead
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, cans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1893-1923 mining railhead
Railhead of the Nevada Southern Railway in the New York Mountains, first called Manvel, that shipped for Vanderbilt and Searchlight and had a depot, hotel, Wells Fargo agency and the large Brown-Gosney store. Fires in 1908 and 1910 and Searchlight's decline emptied it; the post office closed in 1915 and the rails were pulled after 1923.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, occupied homestead
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