
Cortez sits at the foot of the Cortez Mountains in this 1938 survey of Lander and Eureka counties. The landscape is defined by the extraction economy of the mid-20th century, centered on the Cortez Mine and the Mill Canyon Mine. The rugged topography is interspersed with isolated signs of settlement, including the Mill Canyon Sch and remote dwellings like Francis Cabin and Rock House.
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1926 · Roberts Mountains
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1929 · Roberts Mountains
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1938 · Cortez
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1949 · Crescent Valley
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Mt. Lewis
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Roberts Creek Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1950 · Mt. Lewis
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1950 · Crescent Valley
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Roberts Creek Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Millett
USGS Topo · 1:250,000