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1908 Map of Kawich

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Kawich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

Kawich Range and the high desert basins of southern Nye County are captured here during a pivotal era of mining prospecting in the early 1900s. The landscape is a network of ephemeral camps and vital water sources, with settlements like Silverbow, Golden Arrow, and Gold Reed Kawich PO marking the transient centers of local industry. These remote outposts were connected by early transit routes, including the Goldfield RR and a designated Auto Road cutting across Cactus Flat.

Water dictates the geography of survival, documented through numerous family-named and descriptive springs such as Longstreets Ranch, Antelope Sprs, and Captain Jack Spring. Notable landmarks like Quartzite Mtn, Obsidian Butte, and the Pictured Rocks near Gold Crater provide orientation for mineral seekers. From the Bullfrog Hills in the south to Reveille Range in the north, the map reveals the scattered nature of desert habitation before many of these named camps faded from the record.