Las Vegas Sun

May 19, 2024

A site near the ghost town of Moores Station in Nye County has more than a dozen Energy Department signs, posted on concrete pillars, warning people not to dig or remove dirt. In the 1960s, the federal government planned to test a nuclear weapon here but never did. The photo was taken Sept. 16, 2013.

Matt Hufman

A site near the ghost town of Moores Station in Nye County has more than a dozen Energy Department signs, posted on concrete pillars, warning people not to dig or remove dirt. In the 1960s, the federal government planned to test a nuclear weapon here but never did. The photo was taken Sept. 16, 2013.