Louisville, Nevada

Louisville, which is now a ghost town, was a mining camp in El Dorado Canyon near the Techatticup Mine in the Eldorado Mining District, of New Mexico Territory.[1] :33,35 The camp was probably named for Nat S. Lewis, the superintendent of the Techatticup Mine in the 1860s, and camp doctor.[2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978
  2. ↑ Alta Calìfornia, 25 Apr. 1865, p.1 col.7, OUR LETTER FROM ARIZONA TERRITORY, The Tachatticup Mine, (from the Resident Correspondent of the Alta California.), El Dorado Canon. Upper Colorado River. Arizona Territory. March 30th, 1865. F. S. A.[Frank S. Alling]
  3. ↑ Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5922, 28 May 1866, p.1 col. 5-6; OUR ARIZONA CORRESPONDENCE, Up The Colorado, (from the Correspondent of the Alta California), El Dorado Canyon, April 30th, 1866, Alling [Frank S. Alling]
  4. ↑ Mohave County Miner, Mineral Park, Arizona, Saturday, July 27, 1912. Page 5, The Story of Eldorado Canyon By John L Riggs

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