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1950 Map of White Signal

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of White Signal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

White Signal serves as a central hub in this high-desert mining landscape of Grant County, where the infrastructure of the early 20th-century extraction economy is still clearly visible. The area is defined by a dense concentration of named workings, including the Apache Trail Mine to the north and the Gold Lake Mine and Timmer Mine further east. These sites, along with the Uncle Sam Mine and Blackman Mine, suggest a period of intense prospecting and geological interest in the hills surrounding the settlement.

Social life in this era centered on the White Signal School and the Community House, while local cattle operations like the 7XV Ranch utilized the natural drainage of Walnut Creek. An abandoned Railroad Grade cutting across the northeastern corner near Oak Grove Creek provides a tangible link to former industrial transportation routes, while prominent landmarks like Tullock Peak and Saddle Mtn anchor the terrain.