http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html Carrara Nevada was named for the famous marble-producing region of Italy. High quality marble was found in the hills south of Beatty in 1911, and a company was formed to begin quarrying. The townsite was laid out in the valley below the quarry, along the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad tracks. The town peaked at about 150 residents in the years 1915 and 1916. Sadly, the marble proved to be too fractured for viable commercial use, and after several years the quarry closed. The town was pretty much dead by 1924. Little remains of the site today. Some concrete foundations of the cutting and milling plant are visible alongside the highway. A short distance to the east one can find a single chimney and several small foundations from the town itself. About a mile and a half to the north are much larger concrete ruins. These are the remains of the Philippine Cement Company plant that was built in 1935. The company ran into financial problems and the plant was abandoned before it was ever used. Mining took place in the area too. In the hills east of the cement plant ruins one can find an ore bin and other remnants of the Gold Ace Mine. The mine tunnels here are highly unstable and entrance into the mines is not advised. Posted August 2009. Return to Ghost Towns list http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#0 b5aa7995-5bc6-42c1-9053-5018cfb6793f http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3790/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3790/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3790<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV. The much larger ruins of the Philippine Cement Company plant are just barely visible in the distance, to the upper left.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#1 2b549365-64df-458a-b071-ae6ab9bc327d http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3788/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3788/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3788<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#2 a7faec58-b1af-4ce6-8666-be1f681dc11a http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3787/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3787/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3787<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#3 19264f35-3a3b-4eaf-ad5e-a7bf92bdfa83 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3793/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3793/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3793<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV. At some point, a crude roof was built over this pit, turning it into a shelter for a miner or prospector.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#4 f718a4a2-b00b-490c-a15f-5a82ea7d17bf http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3794/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3794/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3794<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#5 7720cd4b-a922-4db1-bd9a-eef9406b39ca http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3785/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3785/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3785<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Riveted pipe found at ruins of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#6 7d19eb0d-3911-41e0-940a-e3f0df2d6c1a http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3786/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3786/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3786<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Concrete foundations of marble cutting and milling plant at Carrara, NV. The marble was quarried from the hills in the distance. The town site lies in between, marked by a small chimney and other debris.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#7 58b738ff-5fcd-4329-9acf-14b26dffa51e http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3791/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3791/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3791<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A large chunk of white marble bears the marks of cutting at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#8 3e6a2fbd-fbee-4ac5-ba61-e7a661f0c865 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3789/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3789/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3789<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- This large chuck of tan marble also has marks where slabs were cut from it, at Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#9 7254c26b-424b-47b0-b90b-d43e1464b1b1 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3752c/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3752c/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3752c<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- This structure is one of several large ruins marking the site of the Philippine Cement Company plant north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#10 84513a40-3c8d-4bca-93f0-0bafa3ce294a http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3753c/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3753c/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3753c<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- More of the large ruins marking the site of the Philippine Cement Company plant north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#11 55c7e7ae-f5de-4b29-8e89-c4054d28c1c5 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/carrara/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/carrara/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">carrara<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 1995 -- Aerial view of ruins marking the site of the Philippine Cement Company plant north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#12 53dc9856-47b3-4e58-b81b-12d0c2f55693 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3756/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3756/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3756<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- This ore bin marks the site of the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#13 4ff9e13d-c37a-4375-a1d1-ab4e6b539f14 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3757/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3757/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3757<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Detail of ore bin at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#14 5a0b83c7-726a-4339-aa22-5426a673c66c http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3761/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3761/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3761<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Collapsed chute leading to ore bin at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#15 059de5ba-4c50-4fb2-b795-3affdbe04399 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3762/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3762/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3762<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Ore bin and ruins at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV. The ruins are from a smaller bin and loading chute that sent ore into the main bin. When I first visited this site back in 1987, the chute and smaller bin were still intact.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#16 d37ec151-b54c-4284-bd46-a17226fa6749 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3775/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3775/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3775<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Ore bin and ruins at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV. The ruins are from a smaller bin and loading chute that sent ore into the main bin. When I first visited this site back in 1987, the chute and smaller bin were still intact.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#17 500e56a7-3844-4439-bb8d-995bb93c79de http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3763/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3763/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3763<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Some of the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#18 ee0cb8f8-c71a-4979-b96f-57c8406c70e4 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3764/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3764/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3764<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A view into the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#19 3bb77cfc-6c92-41ce-b41c-e598be1ebd91 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3766/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3766/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3766<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Some of the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#20 15e2acd8-b5ed-4270-b0e9-667c3d7071c5 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3768/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3768/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3768<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- More of the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#21 a5dc365a-9818-4f8d-8df1-9a8f993bbfb6 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3773/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3773/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3773<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- More of the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#22 3ba60e21-f6e3-44d3-8dc5-b7f3a6f67a61 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3770/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3770/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3770<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A view into the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#23 3321de63-8c4d-4252-935c-24fbcb7b2771 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3771/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3771/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3771<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Using a zoom to get a view into the unstable mine tunnels at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#24 f44bead5-6c12-4555-8cef-6035cc2d94fc http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3777/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3777/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3777<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A trail and wooden ties are all that&#x2019;s left of the mine tracks. The tracks permitted transport of ore to the bin, from a tunnel on the other side of the hill at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#25 fd93ec17-651b-4e82-a1d7-2bfa7341d766 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3776/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3776/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3776<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A trail and wooden ties are all that&#x2019;s left of the mine tracks. The tracks permitted transport of ore to the bin, from a tunnel on the other side of the hill at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#26 b08677f2-e3a6-4d32-b029-ad34e6d04c93 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3778/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3778/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3778<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- A trail and wooden ties are all that&#x2019;s left of the mine tracks. The tracks permitted transport of ore to the bin, from a tunnel on the other side of the hill at the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div> http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV.html#27 0859b543-db48-4b07-92c6-739d3a0db61a http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3779/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Carrara_NV_files/Media/IMG_3779/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_3779<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">August 2009 -- Looking into a tunnel the Gold Ace Mine north of Carrara, NV.</p></div></div>