Historical Marker
Peavine Mining District
Historical marker location:
10200 B Virginia Street. Reno, NV 89506, Reno, Nevada
( Marker is on Virginia Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1988
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.