Sand Grass Shaft

Sand Grass Shaft is a quarry in Nye, Nevada and has an elevation of 5,948 feet. Sand Grass Shaft is situated near First Tonopah Cemetery.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Address: NV

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: First Tonopah Cemetery and Tonopah Public Library.

First Tonopah Cemetery

Cemetery

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First Tonopah Cemetery is situated 1,700 feet south of Sand Grass Shaft.

The Tonopah Public Library in Tonopah, Nevada was the third public library in Nevada.The one story stone building was designed by John J. Hill and was completed in 1906. Tonopah Public Library is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Sand Grass Shaft.

Mizpah Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Raquel Baranow, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mizpah Hotel is a historic hotel in Tonopah, Nevada, U.S. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mizpah Hotel is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Sand Grass Shaft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tonopah.

Tonopah

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Tonopah is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel.

Sand Grass Shaft

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Nye, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.0766° or 38° 4′ 36″ north

Longitude

-117.23758° or 117° 14′ 15″ west

Elevation

5,948 feet (1,813 metres)

Open location code

85C43QG6+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369156123

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=mineshaft

GeoNames ID

5511763

Wikidata ID

Q49446508

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In Other Languages

“Sand Grass Shaft” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sand Grass Shaft”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Valley View and Sierra Vista.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: National 9 Inn and Strawberry Hill Diner.

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