Gold Placer Map of Nevada.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
In 1907, placer gold deposits were discovered, but were not sufficiently rich to drive much excitement. In 1961, the Carlin Trend, a low-grade gold deposit five miles wide by forty miles long, was discovered by the Newmont Mining Corporation. By 2002, over 50,000,000 troy ounces of gold had been extracted from the Trend, meaning that it has ...