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America Transformed: In 1859, major deposits of silver known as the Comstock Lode were discovered on the Nevada side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mining spurred the rapid growth of Virginia City, which reached a population of 15,000 by 1863, prompting Nevada's statehood in 1864. This 1875 map delineates the boundaries of the many mineral claims while the cross sections indicate deep shafts to the silver deposits. Large debris piles at each mine's entrance left a distinctive scar on the landscape.
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0r96fp646
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Map of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe mining claims in Storey & Lyon counties, Nevada
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
0r96fp646
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe mining claims in Storey & Lyon counties, Nevada
description
America Transformed: In 1859, major deposits of silver known as the Comstock Lode were discovered on the Nevada side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mining spurred the rapid growth of Virginia City, which reached a population of 15,000 by 1863, prompting Nevada's statehood in 1864. This 1875 map delineates the boundaries of the many mineral claims while the cross sections indicate deep shafts to the silver deposits. Large debris piles at each mine's entrance left a distinctive scar on the landscape.
date
["1875"]
year
1875
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016080
creators
Parkinson, T. D.
G.T. Brown & Co. Lith.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--Comstock Lode--Maps
Mining claims--Nevada--Comstock Lode--Maps
Comstock Lode (Nev.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Comstock
Nevada
North and Central America
Storey (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Nevada
county
Storey
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
S[an] F[rancisco]
publisher
G.T. Brown Co. Lith.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
39.2667
schema:longitude
-119.65
extent
1 map : color ; 47 x 77 cm, folded in cover 18 x 12 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes continuation inset and "Longitudinal section of the Comstock Lode and Washoe mining claims".
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Accompanied by "List of mineral claims" (2 pages).
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no
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0r96fp646
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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04916232a0f8e691