Logan City, Nevada: Excavation of an 1860s Mining Camp
Author(s): Shannon Mahoney; Mark Giambastiani
Year: 2016
Summary
In July 2015, ASM Affiliates Inc. (ASM) conducted an excavation of an 1860s mining camp at Logan City, Lincoln County, Nevada. In 1864, Mormons, miners, and the military had moved into, what is now, Southeastern Nevada, in a quest for land, water, and silver. Native Americans resisted these efforts and briefly expelled miners from Logan City; however, the miners returned and established a substantial camp surrounding Logan Spring. During an extensive survey in 2013 and 2014, ASM archaeologists recorded what appeared to be foundations of Native American structures among the Euro-American structures at Logan City. ASM created a research design to address questions about the settlement through excavation and archival research with funds from the BLM's Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative. One of our primary objectives was to determine if Native Americans and miners were living side-by-side at Logan City before the settlement was largely abandoned in 1869.
Cite this Record
Logan City, Nevada: Excavation of an 1860s Mining Camp. Shannon Mahoney, Mark Giambastiani. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434821)
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Keywords
General
Mining
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Native American
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Nevada
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1860s
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 981