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2012 Map of Virginia City

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Virginia City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

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Virginia City and its industrial landscape dominate this 2012 survey, revealing the complex mining and milling infrastructure of the Comstock Lode era. The map details a dense network of historic processing sites including the United Comstock Merger Mill, Evans Mill, and the Pioneer Foundry, while the town itself is ringed by specialized burial grounds such as the Hebrew Cemetery, Fireman Cemetery, and Masonic Cemetery. This concentration of industrial and civic landmarks illustrates the enduring footprint of the nineteenth-century silver rush on the Nevada terrain.

To the south, Silver City and the Twin Flat area showcase further milling activity near Devils Gate, where the Gold Canyon Reduction Works and Soderlinge Mill sit among the ravines. The western portion of the sheet shifts toward the open space of Steamboat Valley and the high elevations of McClellan Peak, where the McClelland Lookout Tower provides a vantage over the mountainous divide between the ranches and the heavy works of the mining districts.