Contact, Nevada

Contact, Nevada
—  Unincorporated community  —
Contact, Nevada Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 41°46′10″N 114°45′09″W / 41.76944°N 114.7525°W / 41.76944; -114.7525Coordinates: 41°46′10″N 114°45′09″W / 41.76944°N 114.7525°W / 41.76944; -114.7525
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Elko
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
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Contact is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located on a mineral rich granite intrusion and there are many mines nearby.

History

Contact first became known as a mining town in the 1890s, but its population dropped to 5 residents by 1905. In 1907 the United States Mining and Smelting Company established an interest in the Contact area and the city began to grow again, reaching a population of 300 by 1908.

As of 1915 Contact had a hotel, restaurant and its own local newspaper. Although a new townsite was laid out in 1930, by that time the community was once again in decline. A devastating 1942 fire effectively turned Contact into a near-ghost town.^[1] Today one of the main presences in Contact is a Nevada Department of Transportation maintenance station.^[2]

Jackpot

Located approximately 8 miles (13.3 km) south of Jackpot on U.S. Route 93, prior to Jackpot's founding in 1954 Contact was known as one of the closest Nevada cities to the Idaho border. Early records of Cactus Pete's (then known as Cactus Pete's Desert Lodge) placed the property in Contact before Jackpot emerged as a separate city.^[3]

References

1. ^ Contact - Nevada Ghost Town
2. ^ NDOT Maintenance Districts 2007 (letter).FH10
3. ^ Island Park Lodge - About