1984 Map of East of Homer Mtn

About this map

Piute Valley dominates this high-desert landscape at the intersection of the California and Nevada border. The 1984 survey highlights the historical Von Schmidt Line (1873), an early state boundary survey that cuts across the northern desert floor. To the east, the rugged Dead Mountains rise sharply, while the ephemeral Piute Wash threads through the valley bottom. Transportation and infrastructure are represented by the Old Government Road and a modern Steel Tower Transmission Line. Evidence of early mineral exploration is visible in the foothills of the range, noted by several Prospect Shafts and a single Shaft, indicating the localized prospecting common in this arid region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.