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1967 Map of Camp Douglas

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Camp Douglas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Camp Douglas sits at the heart of an intensive mining district in Mineral County during the late 1960s. This survey reveals a landscape transformed by extraction, with dozens of named claims and workings clustered in the hills north of Thunder Mtn. The concentration of sites such as the Maryann Mine, 1905 Mine, and Orphan Boy Mine suggests a period of sustained activity in these high basins.

The rugged terrain of the Excelsior Mountains is bisected by a network of jeep trails connecting remote water sources like White Rock Spring and Pepper Spring to the higher peaks. To the north, the elevation drops toward Garfield Flat, while the eastern portion of the map is defined by the broad expanse of Soda Spring Valley. The map records a specific era of Nevada prospecting where individual small-scale mines like the Snowball Mine and Blue Dump Mine operated alongside larger ventures like the Silver Dyke Mine.