Deep Hole

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Deep Hole is located on Highway 447 west of Gerlach near the Smoke Creek Desert road and Planet X Pottery. Deep Hole was founded by Ladue Vary in 1856 who created a stone building that still stands. (Vary went on to found Varyville).

Ingalls writes: "Deep Hole is at the north end of Smith (sic) Creek Desert, 115 miles north of Reno, nine miles northwest of Gerlach, on Western Pacific Railway, which is its telegraph, express and shipping station. It was named after several deep springs near by."

Frederick W. Lander negotiated peace with Numaga at Deep Hole on August 21, 1860.

In July, 1869, two men were murdered at Deep Hole. Bloody Point was named for this incident.

Louis Gerlach owned Deep Hole and hired James Raser as his ranch foreman.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker were at Deep Hole. UNR has a picture description.

  • The 1873 plat shows the Miller's living at Deep Hole.[1]
  • 1880 Census data for Deep Hole Farm, Roop County, archive.org, 1880 Census Data for Deep Hole, nvshpo.org
    • Miller, David C. 41 M FARMER ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Miller, Jenny 52 F KEEPING HOUSE ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Miller, James 18 M LABORER ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Miller, Maggie 15 F KEEPING HOUSE ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Miller, William 14 M LABORER ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Miller, James C. 25 M LABORER ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Roberts, Julius 21 M LABORER ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880
    • Donnelly, James 47 M VAQUERO ROOP DEEP HOLE FARM 1880

Presumably the Miller lived at Millers - a GNIS historical locale (ca. 1881) located south of Deep Hole.

Could James Donnelly be who named Donnelly Peak?

References

See Also

  1. T33 R22, General Land Office Record, 1873