Historical Marker
Great Black Stone
Historical marker location:
50 West Fifth Street, Winnemucca, Nevada
( Marker can be reached from South Bridge Street just north of West Fifth Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1960
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.