UTV Guide covers the trip to Slater Placer Mine in the Pine Nut Mountains.

"We were headed no where in particular except in the general direction of Mt. Siegel, then hopefully south towards the southern end of the Pine Nut Mountains near Wellington. The Pine Nut Mountains have hundreds of miles of dirt roads and trails, but we did not find any that were marked. Mt. Siegel isn't hard to see from Gardnerville as the peak is the highest point in the Pin Nut Mountains.

Our trailhead was in the Carson Valley off of highway 395 at the end of Johnson Lane. The GPS coordinates where you can stage are - 39° 1'37.16"N, 119°42'16.86"W (Google Maps).

We headed out Sunrise Pass Rd., but we were determined to head south as soon as possible. This turned out to be a challenge, even with a Lowrance 540c GPS that was loaded with all the road and trail detail for the area.

We finally got far enough south to get on Lone Pine Canyon Rd. which loops around the north end of Mt. Siegel. The trail is a bit overgrown but passable in a UTV with lots of branches hitting the roll cage.

Once at the top of the trail, with Mt. Siegel lying to our south, we decided to check out Slaters Mine before attempting the loop around Mt. Siegel to the south.

Slaters Mine is an old placer mine site about 15 miles east of Minden/Gardnerville Nevada and lies sits at just over 7,100 feet in elevation. There are several routes that can lead you to the mine so it makes for a nice destination where you can loop and not take the same trail in and out.

GPS Coordinates for Slater's Mine: 38°55'23.38"N, 119°29'21.31"W (Google Maps)"