Blair Nevada is a ghost town and mine site located in Esmerelda County. The town site is located a few miles north of Silver Peak, Nevada and about 19 miles west of SR 95. The town was founded in September of 1906 when speculators flourished and mill owners imposed harsh mill prices in the town of Silver Peark.
The Pittsburgh Silver Peak Mining Company founded a site just a few miles north of Silver Peak which was then named Blair. Blair boasted the a 100-stamp stamp mill which was the largest in Nevada at the time.
November of 1906 saw the foundation of a town paper, business district, hotel, saloons and post office to serve a population on 700 people. The Blair Press, the town newspaper operated from November, 1906 to July, 1909. The Silver Peak Post moved from Silver Peak and was renamed the Blair Booster. This paper only ran a short time, from March – July of 1907 before it failed.
Mining continued until 1915 when low grade ore sealed the fate of the boom town. When the mill was closed, it was dismantled and moved to California.
Town Summary
| Name | Blair Nevada |
| Location | Esmeralda County, Nevada |
| Latitude, Longitude | 37.7929865, -117.6492601 |
| Elevation | 1407 meters / 4616 feet |
| GNIS | 855970 |
| Newspaper | The Blair Press – November 1906 to July, 1909 |
| Population | 700 |
Blair Nevada Trail Map
Nevada State Historic Marker Text
The Pittsburgh-Silver Peak Gold Mining Company bought the major mines in the area in 1906. Land speculators at nearby Silver Peak bought up the land. As a result, the mining company surveyed a new townsite north of Silver Peak and named it Blair. The company built a 100-stamp mill in 1907. The company also constructed the 17 ½ mile Silver Peak railroad from Blair Junction to the Tonopah & Goldfield main line.
By 1920, Blair was all but deserted. The remnants of stone buildings and mill foundations are the only survivors of the once thriving, but short-lived, mining town.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 174
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
HAROLD C. HENDERSEN
Nevada State Historic Marker Summary
| Name | Blair |
| Location | Esmeralda County, Nevada |
| Nevada State Historic Marker | 174 |
| Latitude, Longitude | 37.7811, -117.6345 |