The Ridge had its own school district which in the 19th century, typically had over 100 students.See, eg. Nevada Democrat, November 10, 1858; November 2, 1859; Thompson and West, ibid, p. 143. The schoolhouse was located between Red Dog and You Bet. Most of the population melted away in the middle of the 20th century, with the decline in mining. Today, Chalk Bluff Ridge is a sparsely populated rural area, with scarred land and other evidence of its hydraulic mining days.
