Nevada's Promises and Perils

Left Image: The Hale & Norcross Mine shown on a map of locations of important mines and deep shafts, 1885; courtesy Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries [1]. Right Image: The Hale & Norcross mine in Virginia City; courtesy Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries [2].

Left Image: The bullfrog became a major symbol of the mining district, as depicted on the cover of this 1907 issue of the Bullfrog Miner; courtesy Wikimedia Commons [3]. Right Image: Topographic USGS map of Rhyolite and Bullfrog from 1906; courtesy Wikimedia Commons. [4].

Left Image: Aerial view of Tonopah; author E.H. Mitchell courtesy of Alison Hotten [5]. Right Image: George Wingfield, who made his fortunes off the mines of Tonopah; author N.E. Johnson courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries [6].

Left Image: The Yellow Jacket Mine, the Comstock Lode; courtesy Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries [7]. Right Image: “Fire in Yellow Jacket Mine,” 1869 illustration showing how the loss of life that occurred in the Yellow Jacket disaster might have been prevented if the Sutro Tunnel had existed; courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries [8].

Left Image: The Nevada Hotel in Rawhide, Nevada, ca. 1915; courtesy Wikimedia Commons [9]. Right Image: Elinor Glyn poses for a photograph on a cruise ship, ca. 1900; courtesy Library of Congress [10].

Left Image: The Carson City engine house for the V & T railroad, 1939; courtesy Library of Congress [11]. Right Image: The Great Seal of the State of Nevada depicting a train trestle similar to the Crown Point trestle; courtesy Wikimedia Commons [12].

Left Image: Adolph Sutro, the man behind the tunnel; courtesy Wikimedia Commons. [13]. Right Image: The entrance to the Sutro Tunnel, which ran nearly four miles to the mines of the Comstock; author EXC courtesy of Alison Hotten. [14].