Nightingale Mountains
Template:Infobox mountain The Nightingale Mountains are a north–south trending range located along the western border of Pershing County and extending into the northeastern corner of Washoe County. The range has a length of Script error: No such module "convert". and a width of about Script error: No such module "convert".. The highest peak has an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". which is Script error: No such module "convert". above the elevation of the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at about Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2]
The site of Nightingale and its large tungsten mine (abandoned in the 1950s) are at the southern end of the east slope. The area also has deposits of arsenic and antimony ore which were mined during World War I and World War II.[3]
The Nightingale Mountains are named for Alanson W. Nightingill who was Captain of Company C during the 1860 Paiute War and later the first state controller of Nevada.[4]
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