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Delamar, Nevada · Founded 1894

Delamar

AbandonedClosed / restricted

Delamar, 1890s · unknown photographer, public domain

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Real history

Captain Joseph De Lamar bought the main mines in 1894 and renamed the camp. From 1895 to 1900 Delamar was Nevada's primary ore producer, with more than 3,000 residents by 1897, and the town was almost entirely destroyed by fire in spring 1900 (Wikipedia).

Ghost stories

We found no well-sourced ghost legends for this place. It is listed for its abandoned history.

Then and now

Old photo of a stone mining camp on a bare hillside
Then: Delamar in the 1890s. Photo: unknown photographer, public domain. Wikimedia Commons

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