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1971 Map of Silver King Well

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Silver King Well
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Silver King Mine stands as a central industrial point in this high-desert landscape of eastern Nevada, situated between the Egan Range and the Schell Creek Range. Surveyed in the early 1970s, the terrain is defined by the arid Cave Valley, where water access was critical for mining operations and ranching. This is evidenced by a network of scattered water sources including Silver King Well, Lewis Well, and Griswold Well.

Evidence of early human presence and the harsh conditions of the Great Basin appear in labels for a lone Grave, unnamed Ruins, and the ephemeral Wolf Hole Spring (Dry). A solitary Jeep Trail provides the primary transit through the rugged canyons, such as Trough Canyon, and past remote outposts like Trough Spring. The map documents a specific moment of land use in Lincoln and Nye counties, where the infrastructure of the mining West meets the natural isolation of the basin and range province.