Historical Marker
Douglas County Courthouse
Historical marker location:
1616 Eighth Street, Minden, Nevada
( Marker is at the intersection of Eighth Street and Esmeralda Avenue on Eighth Street.)
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.