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1959 Map of Railroad Pass

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Railroad Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Diamond Mountains dominate the landscape of this 1959 survey, serving as a high-altitude spine where the boundaries of Elko, Eureka, and White Pine counties converge. At the center of this transition is Railroad Pass, a strategic topographic notch separating the high peaks from the broad basins. The map illustrates a classic Great Basin environment, where seasonal water sources like Bailey Spring and Dora Spring are critical anchors for local activity.

Evidence of historical resource extraction is visible through several marked Prospect sites and a Tunnel near Diamond Peak. To the west, the arid reaches of Alkali Flat and Garcia Flat contrast with the riparian corridor of Huntington Creek in the northeast. The small settlement at Davis and several benchmarked summits, including VABM 8970 Jacobs, provide fixed points for genealogists and surveyors tracing the remote livestock and mining history of this tri-county region.