Historical Marker
BOB
Historical marker location:
131 C Street, Virginia City, Nevada
( Marker is on C Street (Nevada Route 341), on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1969
Pasadena, Calif. April 8, 1911 · Virginia City, Nev. June 26, 1968. · The Parentheses ·.
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.