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1952 Map of Cane Spring

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Cane Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Nevada Proving Grounds and the surrounding high desert terrain dominate this mid-century survey of the Nye County landscape. The map captures a pivotal era of federal activity, showing the expansion of the Gunnery and Bombing Range across the Shoshone Mountain area and the development of the Mercury Highway. In the eastern flats, Yucca Flat and Yucca Lake appear alongside an Aban'd Landing Strip and a Landing Strip, hinting at the region's rapid aeronautical and military evolution.

Lower elevations feature the Horn Silver Mine and Cane Spring (Water Tank) tucked near Skull Mountain, representing the older mining and ranching foundations of the territory. This documentation provides a clear view of the intersection between traditional resource extraction and the 1950s atomic-era infrastructure, including a Substa and a prominent Telephone Line connecting these isolated desert stations.