By the summer of 1863, more than 10,000 miners had poured into the Austin area, but the silver boom was almost over by the time our featured cabin was built. The precious metal was discovered when a Pony Express horse kicked over a rock exposing silver.
With that end, David Buell mapped out the town of Austin 1862, naming it after his partner, Alvah Austin, during a silver rush there. Old Miner’s Cabin For Sale in Nevada Ghost Town $30Kĭuring the American Civil War, the Union was pressed to find new sources of gold and other precious metals in order to fund the war.
