Buster Falls, Nevada

Buster Falls, now a ghost town, was a mining camp in El Dorado Canyon above Huse Spring and the Techatticup Mine in the Colorado Mining District during the time of the American Civil War.

[4] Founded in 1862, during the time of the American Civil War, Buster Falls was the home of miners sympathetic to the Union cause.

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

[2]: 15, and Note 33  [3]: 611 This site appears to be currently occupied by buildings 0.4 miles southwest of the center of Nelson, Nevada on Nevada State Route 165.

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