Historical Stories of Midas, Nevada
Many interesting tales about Midas have been written and filmed over the past 114 years. Please enjoy these vignettes of life in a 20th century mining town.
Mabel K. Young: Renaissance Woman of Midas
According to the Oxford dictionary, a renaissance person is one “with many talents or areas of knowledge.” That definition certainly applies to Dr. Mabel K. Young who lived in Midas from 1908 to 1916.
John Tyson’s Journal: Midas, 1994
In the Spring of 1994, rural Nevada chronicler John Tyson traveled to Midas and produced this video, which aired on Reno’s Channel 8.
Halley’s Comet Midas, Nevada
Residents of Midas, a gold camp in Elko County, were jolted from bed at 3:30 a.m. on April 27, 1910, when a blast rocked the countryside and shook buildings.
Mrs. True’s Car
At Midas, for decades, an old husk of a car lay on its side perched on the hill above the old ghost town, most old husks are anonymous either by accident or design.
