1910 Map of Furnace Creek

About this map

The mining boomtown of Rhyolite and the adjacent Bullfrog district define the northern reaches of this survey, capturing the industrial pulse of the Nevada desert before many of these camps faded. The map traces the vital rail connections of the era, including the Tonopah and Las Vegas RR and the Tidewater and Tonopah RR, which serviced the remote mineral claims. To the west, the dramatic drop into Death Valley reveals a landscape of extremes, where isolated outposts like Furnace Creek Ranch and Bennetts Well provided rare water sources in a region dominated by Salt Flats and mineral works. The survey documents significant early 20th-century industry, from the Keane Wonder Mine near Chloride Cliff to the Borax Mill and Lila C Mine, illustrating the intense effort to extract wealth from the Amargosa Desert and surrounding ranges.