Photo by Bob R Wilkie @ randomnevada.blogspot.com
Some people in Carson City don’t realize there was a small pioneer town named Empire just east of Carson. In the photo background Carson City is visible. Empire, Nevada was a milling town, where large steam driven stamping mills used Carson River water to help break down Virginia City ore so the silver and gold could be removed.
Mercury was used in the silver and gold removal process, and the removal of mercury used is still an issue today. In this photo local school teacher Jean Shawna is looking over some of the pioneer headstones.
In the foreground is the marker for Mr. John P Hickey, who was born in Cork County, Ireland in 1834, and died in Empire on September 26, 1869. This area is plot C7(4196) in the cemetery. For visitors there is parking access near the Waste Management facility on Hwy 50,near Sheep Drive in East Carson City.
