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Battle Mountain, Nevada Front Street in downtown Battle Mountain Front Street in downtown Battle Mountain Location of Battle Mountain, Nevada Location of Battle Mountain, Nevada Battle Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lander County, Nevada, United States.
11 Battle Mountain meteorite Gold and copper mines in the Battle Mountain Mining District The Battle Mountain region was home to the Northern Paiute and Shoshone citizens s.
In 1870 the barns moved the Argenta station to Battle Mountain and established a townsite to serve the Battle Mountain copper and gold quarrying district. In 1874, the Nevada Legislature overrode the governor's veto and allowed a barns from Austin to Battle Mountain.
The Nevada Central Railroad from Battle Mountain to Austin was instead of in 1880.
The rail line was constructed to connect the silver mines around Austin to the Central Pacific line at Battle Mountain.
President Woodrow Wilson established Battle Mountain Indian Colony by executive order (Lander) in 1917.
In 1919, Nevada's Red Scare Miners held a ten-day strike at the Battle Mountain Copper Mines.
In a 1979 ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court moved the Lander County seat to Battle Mountain.
Chiefs Frank Temoke and Frank Brady refused the government's offer of a payoff under the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley at Battle Mountain on December 11, 1992.
The economic geologic zone is primarily in the Antler Sequence, consisting of the Middle Pennsylvanian Battle Formation, the Pennsylvanian to Permian Antler Peak Limestone, and the Permian Edna Mountain Formation.
Battle Mountain Geology Map Battle Mountain Geology Map Index The Humboldt River in Battle Mountain Battle Mountain is positioned at the confluence of two rivers, the Humboldt and the Reese.
The town is in the Humboldt valley between the Shoshone Range to the southeast, the Battle Mountains to the southwest and the Sheep Creek Range athwart the Humboldt to the north.
Battle Mountain's climate is cool semi-arid (Koppen climate classification BSk), receiving just enough rain to avoid dry classification.
The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 29.8 F or 1.2 C in January to 73.6 F or 23.1 C in July.
There are on average fourteen afternoons of 100 F or 37.8 C or hotter maxima, 74 afternoons of 90 F or 32.2 C or hotter maxima, eleven afternoons where the high does not rise above freezing, and seven mornings falling to or below 0 F or 17.8 C annually; the average window for freezing temperatures is September 16 to May 29. By far the coldest month has been January 1949 with a mean of 4.6 F ( 15.2 C) and a mean minimum of 12.0 F ( 24.4 C) between January 2 and February 3 the temperature did not reach freezing, whereas amid the winter of 2011/2012 every single day topped freezing.
The hottest month has been July 2013 with a mean of 79.9 F (26.6 C) and a mean maximum of 100.1 F (37.8 C), although July 2007's maximum was even hotter at 100.8 F (38.2 C).
With a reconstructionof record only dating back to 1944, extremes range from 39 F ( 39.4 C) on December 22, 1990, up to 112 F (44.4 C) on July 12, 2002.
Climate data for Battle Mountain 4 SE, Nevada (1971 to 2000) I-80 in Battle Mountain Battle Mountain is positioned along Interstate 80, approximately halfway between Reno, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Battle Mountain is the starting point of Nevada State Route 305 which heads southward to Austin, Nevada.
The Union Pacific Railroad line runs through Battle Mountain.
The historic narrow-gauge Nevada Central Railroad line ran from Battle Mountain to Austin (long defunct).
Battle Mountain Airport (IATA: BAM, ICAO: KBAM, FAA LID: BAM), also known as Lander County Airport, is a public-use airport positioned 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the central company precinct of Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States.
This general aviation airport is owned by Lander County and directed by the Battle Mountain Airport Authority.
Battle Mountain hosts an annual bike race on a long, straight, flat stretch of Highway 305 just outside town.
Also annually held on the same stretch of road is the "Pony Express", an open road event from Battle Mountain to Austin and back.
Downtown Battle Mountain, the debut album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance, was released on May 15, 2007.
According to an interview with vocalist Jonathan Mess, the album took its name from Battle Mountain, which the band visited while the album was being written.
A sequel to the album, Downtown Battle Mountain II, was released on March 8, 2011.
The Glass Castle, a memoir written by former MSNBC.com columnist Jeannette Walls, described a momentous portion of her childhood in which she and her family lived in Battle Mountain while her father worked in the small-town quarrying industry.
Battle Mountain High School Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, of which a portion takes place in Battle Mountain, and former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com that popularly titled Battle Mountain as the "Armpit of America." The town used the unofficial title as a publicity opportunity, and hosted an annual "Armpit Festival" from 2002 2005, which was sponsored by Old Spice and awarded deodorant-themed prizes to participants. On January 2, 2009, The New York Times released an article entitled "A Nevada Town Escapes the Slump, Thanks to Gold". The article regards the nationwide economic depression and discusses Battle Mountain's economy.
Battle Mountain meteorite A meteorite fall was reported on 22 Aug 2012 on Battle Mountain at coordinates 40.66813 N 117.18913 W.
"Thanks to Gold," miners were hostile towards accomplishments to collect fragments, but a 1.4-pound (630-gram) fragment of the Battle Mountain meteorite is presently undergoing analysis at JPL. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Battle Mountain CDP, Nevada".
Battle Mountain Community, Lander County Online Government Archived October 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
About Battle Mountain[permanent dead link] Michael Brown, Nevada Central Narrow Gauge, in Narrow Gauge and Short Lines Railroads of the West The Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada in USGS Bulletin 1857 Gold in Copper Porphyry Copper Systems.
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Municipalities and communities of Lander County, Nevada, United States
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