The only remaining Buildings are from a recent Mining Company
This Building stored some of the Core samples
Even more Buildings
The Interior is a Mess
In 1877, the town of Ward was one of the largest towns in White Pine County. The town supported an ethnically varied population of approximately 1,500 miners, merchants and their families. During Ward's "boom", almost one million dollars worth of lead-silver-copper ores were extracted from the nearby mines. The Martin White Company, Ward's main developer, built an aerial tramway, and extensive smelting and milling facilities around the community of Ward to transport the rich ores. In 1876, the Ward charcoal ovens were built to manufacture charcoal for use in Ward's ore roasting furnaces. By 1878, the declining quality of the ore deposits prompted miners to abandon Ward for the newer boom town of Taylor. Much of Ward was physically moved to Taylor at that time. In 1883, fire struck Ward and destroyed one third of what remained of the town. Ward officially died in 1888 when the post office closed. As our pictures show, there was renewed mining activity in the 1980s.
More Core samples
A better view of what core samples look like
A work room
Some of the paperwork we found
