Sulphur used to be a real town. Now it is a mining operation run by Allied Nevada Gold Corp. and is known as the Hycroft Mine. You can get there by heading east out out of Gerlach, Nevada (about 45 miles) on Rt 49, also called Jungo Road, also called Trego Road. No matter what you call it it is rough as hell and wash boarded almost 65% of the way. You can also get there from Rt 80 and the town of Winnemucca, Nevada (about 56 miles away). Road is a 'little' better to Sulphur but then past that, heading for Gerlach, and the road leaves a lot to be desired.

The Hycroft Mine is now closed, visitors are not accepted and you can not see the actual pit work.

It can sort of be seen at the back side of the open pit looking out to Black Rock Dry Lake.

The mine encompasses approximately 61,389 acres, including both patented and un-patented claims. While in production under previous owners (1987-1998), Hycroft produced over one million ounces of gold using an open pit heap leaching process. The mine is currently considered closed. You won't see much of the mining operation, you don't see them but they are watching you.

From Gerlach the road to Sulphur is about 40 miles of bad road. Sharp rocks and rough washboard as you can see above.

As you near Sulphur you see the multi-colored hills of the Hycroft Mine.

The main mining pit is unseen to the average traveler. You can tell its size by the size of the equipment in the picture.

Mules were a common form of transportation in the area. Ore was transported by mule in 100+ and 110+ pound sacks
This cart appears to be the same vintage  as the carts used during the 1926 filming of the movie The Winning Of Barbara Worth.
A 1910 Nevada mining report stated that "about 150 tons per month are produced. Twenty-five men are employed.
About half of them were "foreigners".


In the 1920's, the Sulphur Hotel was available for visitors who were shipping and receiving via rail.  Cattle were driven from surrounding ranches, like soldier Meadows, to Sulphur for shipment to California.  In 1920 the population of Sulphur was 62,
it dropped to 42 in 1930.

George W. Swager was the postmaster of at Sulphur in 1933.

In the 1930's, the Sulphur Railway Station (left) provided the easiest access to the town.  In the 1930's Sulphur boosted a post office, gas station, grocery store and bar all contained in a single building. A grass air strip can still be found on some modern maps. The sulphur mine closed in 1954 being taken over by the nearby Hycroft Gold Mine, which is now closed.

From Jungo Rd hardly anything of the old town of Sulphur can be seen; Is that a roof out there?

Jungo Rd, in the background, is more visible than the flattened remains of Sulphur.

Looking East, over the flattened buildings, Hycroft Mine can be seen and if you look hard you can see Pulpit Rock to the left.

Once you find the town of Sulphur you'll find that a lot of nothing still remains spread all over the place.

An old metal chute remains attached to a wooden building post.  The railroad is in the distance.

Apparently Sulphur had a bunch of buildings some of which, with some study, can be identified.

Some places only bare land marks an old build site.

Like nearly all ghost towns all that remains for the "City Dump" is old rusted tin cans


It's amazing what you can find in a City Dump, even without a metal detector.

Walking around one can find all sorts of stuff, from metal remnants to sulphur crystals.

Storage cellars can still be found all about the town. Seems like they were basements to many houses.

These cellars where mainly to keep things like food cool in the desert heat

Desert insulation was old cardboard boxes: Chase & Sanborne, Del Monte, Bordons and Ghirardelli to name a few.

A view from the inside looking out - always be careful with stuff like this.

Mines, open shafts, drifts going into mountainsides and old buildings, are all DANGEROUS. Be aware of your surroundings, and let someone know where you are, especially if your plans change. We know your plans will change.

There are almost as many cellars as collapsed building. Some looking like mines. too dangerous to enter.

Some cellars are buffered up like mine entrances but signs show a building sat on top

Looking out across the town of Sulphur you can see the Hycroft Mine.

What's left of Sulphur with the Black Rock Playa just on the other side of the railroad tracks.

Doorways and porches, post and holes; all that remains of Sulphur.

More timber, more metal, more posts and more holes - the Town of Sulphur.

What's this - something new.  The Hycroft Mine has built a structure of railroad ties, similar to that used to build Sulphur. 
It is part of there agreement, since they are shut down, to restore the area around the mine.
Below you can see the basic interior and get an idea of early Sulphur life.

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The Hycroft Mine has set a kiosk with information and photos of Sulphur.

Sulphur is the starting point to many interesting places like Pulpit Rock, Rabbit Hole, Rosebud, Silver Camel Mining Area, Sawtooth Knob and the gold & silver mine fields, McFarlane Hot Springs and of course the old town of Jungo - but is it really a town?