Historical Marker
Rafael Rivera
Historical marker location:
5786 Mountain Vista Street, Las Vegas, Nevada
( Marker is on Mountain Vista Street, 0.1 miles south of East Russell Road, on the left when traveling south.)
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.