Eagleville is a former populated place in Mineral County,

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History

Mineral deposits were first discovered in the area by the 1870s.Mineral Resource Inventory--Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Nevada
pp. 75-77 (January 1990) Eagleville had some Mormon residents in the 1870s. Eagleville's post office was in operation from June 1889 until March 1913.

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within limestone in large quantities were examined in Eagleville in 1899, but its distance from the railroad deemed it as unprofitable to work. The Eagleville area produced small amounts of gold and silver in 1905 and 1908-1909. The Jim Barron mine (also known as the Baron mine) was in operation near Eagleville in the 1910s. The Golden Extension Mine was in production from 1915 to 1918. Note that this reference (Lincoln 1923) states that

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is 64 miles to the northwest of Eagleville, which disagrees with Murgbarger's statement that Eagleville, Churchill County is 52 miles southeast of Fallon. Also, this reference states that the Eagleville district is in Churchill County, though the GNIS cites this reference (Lincoln 1923) but states that the district is in Mineral County.

Eagleville, Churchill County

After Eagleville declined in Mineral County in the 1910s and the 1950s it was noted that a small village was present with the same name in nearby Churchill County.The Churchill County location was added to the GNIS database in 1958 at the request of K.V. Steinbrugge for publication purposes. Steinbrugge was a structural engineer who wrote about the 1954 earthquake near Fairview, Nevada. The site is northeast of Rawhide, southeast of Frenchman's Station. File:Trestle and ore bin at the Eagleville Mine, Mount Annie and Mount Anna in the distance, Mineral County, NV, USA - panoramio.jpg, A trestle and

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bin at the Eagleville Mine, Mineral County, Nevada. Mount Annie and Mount Anna are in the distance.

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