Historical Marker
Chinatown
Historical marker location:
Dayton, Nevada
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Dayton Valley Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)
Early Name of Dayton.
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.