The old Miners' Union Hall in Gold Hill Nevada circa 1940 looking abandoned at that time.
Gold Hill, Nevada, located just south of Virginia City, holds a storied history closely tied to the Comstock Lode, one of the richest silver deposits in the United States during the mid-19th century. Founded in 1859, Gold Hill quickly became a bustling mining town, primarily focused on extracting silver ore from the Comstock Lode. The town thrived with the influx of miners, businesses, and infrastructure, but like many mining boomtowns, it faced its share of challenges, including fires and economic fluctuations. As the silver boom waned in the late 1800s, Gold Hill's fortunes declined, and it evolved into a quieter, residential community. Today, Gold Hill stands as a testament to Nevada's mining heritage and is part of the Virginia City National Historic Landmark District, attracting visitors with its well-preserved historic buildings and rich mining history.
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress 2017779890.
The Texas Quote of the Day:
"At Mile Canyon, near Langtry, archeologists have found evidence of a simple but effective tactic used some 10,000 years ago by early first Texas hunters. Here, a natural cleft in the canyon rim was used to funnel herds of buffalo off the edge of the cliff to their deaths on the rocks below. Then the hunters could butcher and skin their quarry at leisure. This is the oldest known American example, by several thousand years, of 'the bison jump.'"
---- "The Indian Texans," a pamphlet prepared by The University of Texas Institute for Texan Cultures in 1970
By the way: Bison jumps were a hunting method once used by ancient peoples across North America. There are about 150 other known sites, mostly in Canada and Montana. The bison jump site at Mile Canyon is by far the southernmost site. The technique took advantage of the animals’ herding behavior: hunters drove them toward an unseen cliff or drop-off, over which they plunged. Other hunters waited below to kill injured bison. Also, An adult male modern bison can weigh as much as a ton (2,240 pounds) and stands six feet high. The extinct bison species found at Mile Canyon was much larger. An adult male may have weighed 3,500 pounds and stood 7 1/2 feet high.
Shown here: the portion of Mile Canyon over which the bison were driven. Photo by Dave Dibble.
An aerial view of the Honda Point disaster area #otd, showing all seven destroyers that ran aground during the night of 8 September 1923. Photographed from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook CM-3. Ships are: USS Nicholas DD-311, in the upper left; USS S.P. Lee DD-310, astern of Nicholas; USS Delphy DD-261, capsized in the left center; USS Young DD-312, capsized in the center of the view; USS Chauncey DD-296, upright ahead of Young; USS Woodbury DD-309 on the rocks in the center; and USS Fuller DD-297, in the lower center. The Southern Pacific Railway's Honda Station is in the upper left.
Colorado, 1904...
