Historical Marker
West Side Elementary School
Historical marker location:
Goldfield, Nevada
( Marker is at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Hwy (U.S. 95) and 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Veterans Memorial Hwy.)
Marker installed: 1996
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.