Buster Falls, now a

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, was a

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in El Dorado Canyon above Huse Spring and the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District during the time of the

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. The source of the name of the camp is unknown. Its site lay along the canyon a mile above the site of Lucky Jim Camp.James Graves Scrugham, Nevada: A Narrative of the Conquest of a Frontier Land, Vol. 1, American Historical Society, Chicago, 1935 The site would be just above the El Dorado Canyon's confluence with

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History

Founded in 1862, during the time of the

, Buster Falls was the home of miners sympathetic to the

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cause. A mile down the canyon at the foot of the Techatticup Mine, lay Lucky Jim Camp, the home of miners sympathetic to the

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cause.

Site today

This site appears to be currently occupied by buildings 0.4 miles southwest of the center of Nelson, Nevada on Nevada State Route 165.

References

Populated places established in 1862 Ghost towns in Clark County, Nevada Arizona Territory Former populated places in Nevada 1862 establishments in New Mexico Territory {{ClarkCountyNV-geo-stub