
Mining operations for quicksilver and gold dominate the rugged high-desert landscape of the Humboldt Range in this mid-century survey. The western slopes are dotted with significant industrial sites, including the Nevada Quicksilver Mine, the Pershing Quicksilver Mine, and the Hollywood Mine, reflecting the mineral importance of this region to the Nevada Bureau of Mines. These remote outposts were linked to the wider world by an Airway Beacon and a network of primitive routes across the Packard Flat.
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1908 · Carson Sink
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1910 · Carson Sink
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1931 · Lovelock
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1932 · Sonoma Range
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1935 · Lovelock
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1939 · Sonoma Range
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Unionville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Buffalo Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Millett
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Lovelock
USGS Topo · 1:250,000