Farrell is a

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Pershing County Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,650. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing (1860–1948). It was formed from Humboldt County ...

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, United States. L. H. Egbert discovered ore near Farrell in 1863. Gold and silver ore was discovered in the area in 1905, 1907 and 1908. Farrell was located in the Stonehouse Canyon at the northern end of the Seven Troughs mining district in the

Seven Troughs Range The Seven Troughs Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada. The name is derived from a series of seven stock watering troughs placed below a set springs. Neighboring features include:''Lovelock, Nevada,'' 30x60 minute quadra ...

. On July 12, 1912, a flood devastated the area, killing 8 people in nearby Mazuma. The area never really recovered after the flood. Farrell's Post Office was in operation from July 1907 until September 1911. In 1922, a shipment of rich ore was made from the Wild Cat mine located in the area. A small amount mining and milling occurred at Farrell in the 1930s.

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