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1910 Map of Ivanpah

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Ivanpah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The high desert landscape of the California-Nevada borderlands is defined here by a dense network of early 20th-century mining and rail activity. This era saw intense extraction across the Spring Mountain Range and the New York Mountains, with prominent sites including the Potosi Mine, Copper World Mine, and a Copper Smelter located near Valley Wells. These industrial outposts were served by critical water sources like Stump Spr and Resting Spring, essential for survival in the arid Ivanpah Valley.

Transportation corridors like the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake RR and the Old Government Road connected remote settlements such as Vanderbilt, Goodsprings, and Kelso. The presence of the Barnwell and Searchlight RR and several Pumping Stations highlights the complex infrastructure required to maintain life and commerce across the Kingston Range and Mesquite Valley before the modernization of the Mojave region.