Historical Marker

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Historical marker location:
111 East 1st North, Mesquite, Nevada
( Marker is on East 1st North, on the left when traveling east.)

Circa 1900 / 1901.

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.