Paul O. Kyle

Pine Grove

N 38° 40’ 41.98”

W 119° 7’ 22.98”

William Wilson discovered Pine Grove in 1866. There are several mines in the immediate area that produced about $8,000,000 until the end of their operations in 1893. Since then, operations have been intermittent. In Pine Grove’s heyday, there were several businesses that supported the local town folk. Some of the establishments, including a boarding house (that still remains), a schoolhouse (which was more than likely moved later on to its current location), livery stables, and a post office. The post office operated from September 1868 until November 1912.  

Pine Grove Cemetery

N 38° 40’ 55.66”

W 119° 5’ 30.22”

The cemetery is located on top of a hill, just north of the town site. The townsfolks decided to put the cemetery on top of the hill because it did not have any traces of gold-bearing rocks. The cemetery has more than 20 residents that I could find. It may have more. Of the 20, there are 10 with headstones, some with the most elaborate engravings I have seen. Pine Grove’s cemetery is one of the best-preserved cemeteries in Lyon County.

Pine Grove 1880 Photo:

By Unknown photographer – Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, (1970), Howell North, Mrs. Willard Hanson Collection, p 83, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73134695

All other photos are by me.