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==History==
==History==
[[File:Clark County, Nevada 1925.png|thumb|left|Clark County, Nevada, in 1925]]
[[File:Clark County, Nevada 1925.png|thumb|left|Clark County, Nevada, in 1925]]
Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905.<ref name="OOPN"/> In 1904, a tractor road from the Mesquite Valley through State Line Pass to Roach was built, "largely to haul [[borax]] from the Death Valley region; but it also served to permit easy shipment of the ores from mines in the southwestern part" of the [[Goodsprings, Nevada|Goodsprings]] Mining District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-3888.html |access-date=2021-11-09 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> Roach became a major shipping point on the [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake (SPLA & SL) Railroad]], with "considerable tonnage" being shipped through Roach around 1913, along with nearby [[Jean, Nevada|Jean]] and [[Arden, Nevada|Arden]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-04-30 |title=Lead-Zinc Mines Are Paying Well |language=en |work=Reno Evening Gazette |page=10 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/reno-evening-gazette-apr-30-1913-p-10/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>
Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905.<ref name="OOPN" /> In 1904, a tractor road from the Mesquite Valley through State Line Pass to Roach was built, "largely to haul [[borax]] from the Death Valley region; but it also served to permit easy shipment of the ores from mines in the southwestern part" of the [[Goodsprings, Nevada|Goodsprings]] Mining District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-3888.html |access-date=2021-11-09 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> Roach became a major shipping point on the [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake (SPLA & SL) Railroad]], with "considerable tonnage" being shipped through Roach around 1913, along with nearby [[Jean, Nevada|Jean]] and [[Arden, Nevada|Arden]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-04-30 |title=Lead-Zinc Mines Are Paying Well |language=en |page=10 |work=Reno Evening Gazette |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/reno-evening-gazette-apr-30-1913-p-10/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>


The Roach Station was the closest rail site to the Milford-Addison group of mines {{circa}} 1915.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZVNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=%2522addison+mine%2522%252B%2522roach%2522&source=bl&ots=EPQA-_xnOo&sig=ACfU3U3SfUacXTJX6TrR7-ZPA_ywcz5LBA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrlonB54v0AhWKJzQIHXXsCDkQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=%2522addison%2520mine%2522%252B%2522roach%2522&f=false |title=Oil Bulletin |date=1915 |year=1915 |pages=89-90 |language=en}}</ref> Around that time, lead-zinc ore was also mined at the Mobile Mine, owned by a Los Angeles syndicate, and shipped to Los Angeles via the station at Roach.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-04-04 |title=Mining Operations Going on in Goodsprings, Nev., Mining District |language=en |work=Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune |page=5 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/goldfield-news-and-weekly-tribune-apr-04-1914-p-5/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>
The Roach Station was the closest rail site to the Milford-Addison group of mines {{circa}} 1915.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZVNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=%2522addison+mine%2522%252B%2522roach%2522&source=bl&ots=EPQA-_xnOo&sig=ACfU3U3SfUacXTJX6TrR7-ZPA_ywcz5LBA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrlonB54v0AhWKJzQIHXXsCDkQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=%2522addison%2520mine%2522%252B%2522roach%2522&f=false |title=Oil and Mining Bulletin |publisher=Western Pythian Publishing Company |year=1915 |editor-last=Nevius, J. Nelson |location=Los Angeles |pages=89-90 |language=en}}</ref> Around that time, lead-zinc ore was also mined at the Mobile Mine, owned by a Los Angeles syndicate, and shipped to Los Angeles via the station at Roach.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-04-04 |title=Mining Operations Going on in Goodsprings, Nev., Mining District |language=en |page=5 |work=Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/goldfield-news-and-weekly-tribune-apr-04-1914-p-5/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>


Roach was noted as the site of a 1916 record-breaking event. Roy Sorenson and Fred Piehl, leaseholders on the Addison Mine, hired a team to haul 55 tons of zinc to the station at Roach, which the ''[[Goldfield, Nevada|Goldfield]] News'' declared a hauling record. The team worked continuously for almost 42 hours to deposit the ore before Sorenson and Piehl's lease on the mine expired.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1916-08-05 |title=Record Made for Hauling |language=en |work=Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune |page=6 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/goldfield-news-and-weekly-tribune-aug-05-1916-p-6/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>
Roach was noted as the site of a 1916 record-breaking event. Roy Sorenson and Fred Piehl, leaseholders on the Addison Mine, hired a team to haul 55 tons of zinc to the station at Roach, which the ''[[Goldfield, Nevada|Goldfield]] News'' declared a hauling record. The team worked continuously for almost 42 hours to deposit the ore before Sorenson and Piehl's lease on the mine expired.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1916-08-05 |title=Record Made for Hauling |language=en |page=6 |work=Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/goldfield-news-and-weekly-tribune-aug-05-1916-p-6/ |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>


By the 1920s, Roach was still considered an "important" shipping point on the rail line.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lincoln |first=Francis Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ferNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=Roach&hl=en |title=Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada |date=1923 |publisher=Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company |year=1923 |language=en}}</ref> Roach had a population of 10 residents {{circa}} 1940.<ref name="OOPN">{{cite web|url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf|title=Origin of Place Names - Nevada|date=1941|accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref>
By the 1920s, Roach was still considered an "important" shipping point on the rail line.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lincoln |first=Francis Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ferNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=Roach&hl=en |title=Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada |date=1923 |publisher=Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company |year=1923 |language=en}}</ref> Roach had a population of 10 residents {{circa}} 1940.<ref name="OOPN">{{Cite web |date=1941 |title=Origin of Place Names - Nevada |url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:13, 9 November 2021

Roach
Ghost town
Roach is located in Nevada
Roach
Roach
Coordinates: 35°38′27″N 115°21′33″W / 35.64083°N 115.35917°W / 35.64083; -115.35917
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyClark
Foundedcirca 1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Elevation
2,620 ft (800 m)
Population
 (1940)
 • Total
10
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Roach is a ghost town and railroad siding in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is located along the Union Pacific Railroad, between Jean, Nevada and Nipton, California.

Geography

Roach is on the eastern shoreline of Roach Dry Lake and has an elevation of 2,620 feet (800 m).[1]

History

Clark County, Nevada, in 1925

Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905.[2] In 1904, a tractor road from the Mesquite Valley through State Line Pass to Roach was built, "largely to haul borax from the Death Valley region; but it also served to permit easy shipment of the ores from mines in the southwestern part" of the Goodsprings Mining District.[3] Roach became a major shipping point on the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake (SPLA & SL) Railroad, with "considerable tonnage" being shipped through Roach around 1913, along with nearby Jean and Arden.[4]

The Roach Station was the closest rail site to the Milford-Addison group of mines c. 1915.[5] Around that time, lead-zinc ore was also mined at the Mobile Mine, owned by a Los Angeles syndicate, and shipped to Los Angeles via the station at Roach.[6]

Roach was noted as the site of a 1916 record-breaking event. Roy Sorenson and Fred Piehl, leaseholders on the Addison Mine, hired a team to haul 55 tons of zinc to the station at Roach, which the Goldfield News declared a hauling record. The team worked continuously for almost 42 hours to deposit the ore before Sorenson and Piehl's lease on the mine expired.[7]

By the 1920s, Roach was still considered an "important" shipping point on the rail line.[8] Roach had a population of 10 residents c. 1940.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Roach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "Origin of Place Names - Nevada" (PDF). 1941. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. ^ "Lead-Zinc Mines Are Paying Well". Reno Evening Gazette. 1913-04-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  5. ^ Nevius, J. Nelson, ed. (1915). Oil and Mining Bulletin. Los Angeles: Western Pythian Publishing Company. pp. 89–90.
  6. ^ "Mining Operations Going on in Goodsprings, Nev., Mining District". Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune. 1914-04-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  7. ^ "Record Made for Hauling". Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune. 1916-08-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  8. ^ Lincoln, Francis Church (1923). Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada. Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)


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