Reveille
Among Nevada's most remote camps, Reveille got its start in April 1866 with the discovery of silver ore worth $1500/ton. The name commemorates the Reese River Reveille newspaper, of Austin, an early promoter of the new district. By mid-1867, forty mines were shipping 200 tons of ore per day to mills at Austin, though the completion of the inefficient, five-stamp Rutland Mill twelve miles west of town provided some relief. With the acquisition of a post office, Reveille grew, but the simultaneous rush to White Pine and closure of the Rutland Mill in 1869 hindered development; nevertheless a population of roughly 80-100 was achieved by 1870.
The 1870s brought a renewed interest in Reveille, first with the completion of the new Reveille Mill in 1871 followed by the new boom at Tybo, just 25 miles away. During this time the Gila Silver Mining Co. rose to the forefront, purchasing and rehabilitating the Reveille Mill and pushing out at least $18,000 in silver from the Gila mine during the first half of 1875. For the next decade and a half, the population of Reveille rose and fell several times, largely in response to operations at the Gila.
After the turn of the twentieth century, Reveille largely existed as a mere shadow of its former self. When new discoveries were made at New Reveille on the west side of the range, some chose to live at the older camp, and as many as twenty remained as late as 1911. With the exception of a cyanide operation in the late 1970s-early 1980s, Reveille has been silent since.
