Located 3 miles east of U.S. Hwy. 29 miles east of Ely. The Osceola mining district was the largest producer of gold in Nevada and the longest lived placer camp in Nevada. Hydraulic mining was inaugurated here by using water brought to Dry Gulch by a 30-mile long ditch. Remains of the ditch can be seen in various places.
Placer mining continues to be done on a small scale here.
Click on the White Pine Public Museum photo below to see an enlarged view of the town . Osceola had a post office, store and saloons. A 25-pound gold nugget was found in Dry Gulch in 1877. A cemetery and one original building remains after a fire nearly leveled the town in the 1940's. Promoted by real estate developers as Picotillo Flats, the townsite was located on the steep eastern face of Treasure Hill and about 1 mile southwest of Treasure City.