The Berlin Mill
This building was a beehive of activity while Berlin was in its heyday.
One man tended to the primary crusher and did other odd jobs, another tended the 30 stamps and the concentration tables, and a third man fired the five boilers and looked after the four steam engines. One engine powered the primary crusher and the stamps, another powered the concentrating tables, the third drove the direct current dynamos that supplied electricity for lights, and the fourth engine was combined with a compressor that furnished air to run the drilling rigs and pumps in the mine.
The area between the mill, machine shop and boardinghouse was piled high with cord wood used to fuel the boilers. Mine rail tracks were laid between the long piles of wood and flat rack trucks rolled on the tracks to bring wood close to the boilers.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 38° 52.874′ N, 117° 36.505′ W. Marker is in Berlin, Nevada, in Nye County. It can be reached from Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park Road
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Regionally, this marker is in the Mojave Desert and in Central Nevada. It is also in the American Southwest and in the Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Machine Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Company Boardinghouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Stage Station (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Assay Office (about 300 feet away); Charcoal Yard (about 400 feet away); Firmin Bruner (about 400 feet away); The Clubhouse (about 400 feet away); A Home (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.
More about this marker. Marker text written by Firmin Bruner (Berlin Resident
Also see . . . Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park Web Site. (Submitted on October 25, 2015.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 12, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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