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View of Rhyolite Butte to the northeast! "Butte"iful!

This is a 10 acre piece of land located approximately 4 miles east of the rural town of Montello in Elko County, Nevada. It is about a 40 minute drive to the bustling town of Wendover on the Utah/Nevada state line and the busy town of Elko is about 1.5 hours to the west. All of the photos were taken in September of 2007 about 30 acres northwest of the property as seen in the parcel map. We took the photos along the road that runs along the section line to the west and can be seen in one of the photos. The roads were bladed years ago, but still drivable. They should be an excellent representation of the property, views and terrain of these 10 acres and you can actually see this land in several of the photos looking to the south.

This property for sale has a fabulous view of Rhyolite Butte to the northeast and this cool rock sits in Utah at the north end of the Pilot Range. To the south across the wide open valley looms Pilot Peak at 10,716 feet! It is a beautiful long view of this range that sits only a few miles to the east! Across the wide open valley is the Toano Range to the west. There is a faboulous long view of her from the southwest to the northwest. And the small town of Montello with a population of about 480 people sits just four miles to the west and you can see her groves of trees across the pretty valley. This is open range land and it was once part of the large Gamble Ranch and that ranch sits to the north of the town of Montello. Montello has a small gas/grocery store, cowboy restaurants/bar, and a post office. Wendover is a larger town to the southeast on I80 and people in this valley commute there for work as well and groceries. Wendover reminds me of a mini Reno.

We found a dirt road leading down the west section line. The aerial photos show a dirt road also leading along the north section line of this property. You will need to view the property to know what shape it is in but I imagine it is similar to the one just 20 acres to the west. The area has low scattered vegetation with pebbles and dirt soil. The area has a gentle slope from the east to the west. We saw a lizard scampering along this road and an antelope out enjoying the sunshine!

There is 640 acres of BLM land 20 acres to the west and another 640 acres 30 acres to the south! For information on BLM land visit BLM.gov. This valley is surrounded by an abundance of wildlife in two mountain ranges! This would be a great spot for a hunter to pull in an RV or build a getaway! Maybe set up a cabin or small place to camp while you hunt the treed mountains to the east. Enjoy! Char the Explorer : )

That's Pilot Peak about 17 miles to the south across the valley at 10,716 feet!

These next few photos show the Pilot Mountain Range to the west and southwest.

That's Rhyolite Butte at the north end of the Pilot Mountains - a very cool big huge rock!

These next series of photos is taken looking across the valley to the west at the Toano Mountain Range and the small town of Montello.

The town of Montello sits in the valley about four miles to the west!

The dirt road we found leading along the west section line.

Some of the locals out enjoying the afternoon!

AREA INFORMATION:

Update June 2009 This time the trip was a family trip with me (Char), Mark, Amber and Buddy. We swung down into Winnemucca, then over to Elko and back home through Wildhorse. I had heard from a few of the locals that it had rained there every day for the past 30 days. One of the gals in the assessors office let me know that she had seen wildflowers blooming that she had never seen before! I read in the Elko newspaper that it was the second wettest June on record, the first being in 1913 and the records go back to 1888! A total of 10.71 inches of rain has fallen since October 1, 2008, well above the average water year of 9.59 inches - and there's still a few more months to go! We were amazed at the fabulous green scapes that draped the hills and valleys. It was so incredibly beautiful!!

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a draft study of the proposed $3 billion Ruby Pipeline that would go through Elko County carrying natural gas from Wyoming through Utah and Nevada and into Oregon. We happened to own 40 acres of land that this proposed 50 foot easement goes through and we recently granted an easement to Ruby Pipeline for this. I thought this would improve the road to the property. The project will require about 3000 workers to complete including 100 or so in the Elko and Wells area and it is estimated the investment in Elko County would be $716 million. Wow again! As always I will keep my ears open for more information on this.

The big "E" on the Elko Hills with the Ruby Mountains looming behind them - you can see Ruby Dome still had plenty of snow on her!

These next pictures were taken about 10 miles NE of Elko near River Valley Ranches. The Ruby Mountains had snow in her peaks still and the valley and Adobe Range were so green!

Amber playing ball with Buddy - he was so happy to get out of the truck for a while and play ball!

The hillsides were so green and thats the North Fork of the Humboldt River flowing through the valley below:

The new building for the mining company looks like the outside is near finished and wildflowers blooming along the roadside by Wildhorse:

These next photos were taken of Wildhorse - beautiful pelicans were enjoying the afternoon along with lots of fishermen and campers!

Update May 2009:My first chance to see Elko County this spring was a beautiful welcome sight! The reeds along the Humboldt River were a beautiful orangish/red and the valley was green. The Ruby Mountains were loaded with snow and Pilot Peak out by Montello still had quite a bit on her as well! I noticed a new building along the main drag in town and was told it is one of the mining companies moving headquarters into town! A local realtor was saying that although the prices of land had dropped the prices in Elko had remained strong with only a slight drop in value. And the mines and mineral exploration continue to do very well.

An article in the Wall Street Journal in April 2009 stated "Mining companies are keeping the construction industry humming and adding jobs in mountainous Elko, Nev. Gold fever has inoculated this historic cow town from the state's economic malaise, making it an island of relative prosperity in a state flooded with unemployed workers." It goes on to discuss the impact the price of gold is having on Elko at over $800 an ounce, tight rental-housing market and the thousand of job applications the mines are receiving compared to a year ago when they were having to hold job fairs to attract workers.

Beautiful reddish/orange reeds lined the Humboldt River!

A new building for one of the mining companies moving headquarters into the town of Elko by the airport!

Elko County is located in northeastern Nevada, 295 miles east of Reno and 237 miles west of Salt Lake City. Click Here for Elko's road map. With 17,135 square miles it is one of the largest counties in the USA. A book listing American towns with the highest quality of life declared Elko, Nevada, "The Best Small Town in America." It is a small city, and a booming trading and service center for a mining and ranching area.

If is a very friendly town where it is common to see kids with belt buckles bigger than themselves being worn proudly! I am always up for a trip to Elko County to explore land and have actually saved a 20 acre piece there for myself in hopes of watching it snow on the Ruby Mountains some year! Enjoy the pictures from my journey below but be sure and click on the Elko County link to see the rest!

The rest of the pictures below were taken on our many visits to Elko. For more pictures from our journeys and information about the area be sure and click on our Elko County web page link below! The big "E" in the Elko Hills above the town of Elko with Ruby Dome looming large in the Ruby Mountains in the distance. Called the Swiss Alps of Nevada, Ruby Dome reaches up to 11,300 feet:

Wild horses in Pilot Valley on the east side of the county near Wendover and Montello! I've seen them twice now out there - fabuluos!

The rural town of Montello.

The bright lights of Wendover at night! Wendover is a bustling little gambling town located on the Nevada/Utah State line.

The famous Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. With over 12,000 acres this area is a special habitat to over 207 species of birds providing feeding, nesting and a resting stop in the Pacific Flyway. I asked these two men from California, who had just came from fishing down at Ruby Lake, if this was their favorite fishing place in this county and they let me know that this was the best fishing place in the state!

Wildhorse Reservoir north of Elko and a cattle drive near Wildhorse on one of my first trips ever to Elko! My job doesn't get any better than that!

For more of our pictures of the area and information on the county click here: Elko County Links to additional information: City of Elko Website Elko County Official Website History of Elko County

Here is an interesting link for you to check out from a previous customer of ours, Montello Alpaca Company, who is building a home and an alpaca ranch in Montello. There is lots of good information about alternative building methods and a great story of their journey in this beautiful valley!

MontelloAlpacaCompany.Blogspot.com

CONTRACT TERMS:

There is $150.00 nonrefundable doc prep fee to buy this contract. You will be hard pressed to find a more affordable doc prep fee!

Contract Price is $10,000.00 with 8% interest and approximately 88 monthly payments of $150.00 due by the 10th of each month. Once the contract is paid off we will prepare all necessary documents and we will pay the costs to transfer ownership. It's all part of your $150.00 doc prep fee!

Monthly Payment Coupons.

Skip Payment Coupons - One a year for the life of the loan! If you find yourself short on cash you can skip that month's payment and tack it on to the end of the loan.

Matching Down Payment Program - Put up to 20% cash down and we will match that amount off of the purchase price! Example - put down 20%, $2,000.00, and we will deduct an additional $2,000.00 off of the purchase price making the remaining balance $6,000.00.

Zero Down - You pay only the doc prep fee to buy this contract!

Easy Financing - No Credit Check

No Early Payoff Penalty

Assumable Contracts

We are offering this property for sale with financing however we are willing to sell it for cash as well at $3900 CASH OR BEST CASH OFFER!

Please conduct your due diligence research and be sure to ask all questions prior to hitting the "Buy Now" button below.

Once you click on the "Buy Now" button we put a Sale Pending notice on the listing and email out further instructions. Within 24 hours we must receive a response to that email that includes your contact information. Payment is due within 5 days unless prior arrangements are made by cashiers check, money order, Visa/Master/Discover Card or Paypal. We often have several interested buyers in the same property and in fairness to all interested parties we keep the property available until someone is 100% prepared to complete the transactions.

With our sincere thanks,

Mark, Charlotte, Derek, and Kristy : )

Please feel free to call Char at 360-550-8943 with any questions! We are on Pacific time.

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