Historical Marker
Mary Jane Leavitt Abbott
Historical marker location:
2 E. Mesquite Boulevard, Mesquite, Nevada
( Marker is on Mesquite Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2000
July 16, 1873 November 30, 1956.
Nevada was once the world's largest producer of silver: In the late 1800s, Nevada was one of the world's largest producers of silver. The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859, a massive deposit of silver ore, led to a mining boom that transformed the state.