Roach, Nevada
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  Roach | |
| Coordinates: 35°38′27″N 115°21′33″W / 35.64083°N 115.35917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Clark |
| Founded | circa 1902 |
| Elevation | 2,620 ft (800 m) |
| Population (1940) | |
• Total | 10 |
| Time zone | UTC-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.
History
Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905.[1] 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.[2] Roach became a major shipping point on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake (SPLA & SL) Railroad, with "considerable tonnage" being shipped through Roach around 1913, along with nearby Jean and Arden.[3]
The Roach Station was the closest rail site to the Milford-Addison group of mines c. 1915.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
By the 1920s, Roach was still considered an "important" shipping point on the rail line.[7] Roach had a population of 10 residents c. 1940.[1]
Geography
Roach is on the eastern shoreline of Roach Dry Lake and has an elevation of 2,620 feet (800 m).[8]
References
- ^ a b "Origin of Place Names - Nevada" (PDF). 1941. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ "Lead-Zinc Mines Are Paying Well". Reno Evening Gazette. 1913-04-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Oil Bulletin. 1915. pp. 89–90.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Mining Operations Going on in Goodsprings, Nev., Mining District". Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune. 1914-04-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ "Record Made for Hauling". Goldfield News And Weekly Tribune. 1916-08-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Lincoln, Francis Church (1923). Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada. Nevada Newsletter Publishing Company.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Roach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |