Storey County, Nevada

American Flat — Ghost Town · Storey County, NV
Comstock-era mill flat and short-lived townsite just SW of Gold Hill / Virginia City where large reduction mills processed ore from the lode. The historic po…
Derby Dam — Historic · Storey County, NV
First major diversion structure of the U.S. Reclamation Service (Bureau of Reclamation), completed 1905 on the Truckee River east of Reno. The low concrete d…
Gold Hill (Comstock) — Ghost Town · Storey County, NV
Gold Hill sits on the Comstock Lode just south of Virginia City, a streetscape of historic homes, mine works, and highway traffic through a still-lived-in mi…
Lagomarsino Canyon — Petroglyph · Storey County, NV
Over 2,000 petroglyph images on dark basalt boulders near Virginia City — one of the densest concentrations in Nevada. Rarely visited and strikingly intact d…
Sixmile Canyon — Historic · Storey County, NV
East-draining Comstock freight and mill canyon from Virginia City toward the Carson River plains—site of early placer work, the Flowery District, and 1860s–7…
Virginia City — Ghost Town · Storey County, NV
The most famous mining town in the American West — the Comstock Lode produced over $400M in silver and gold, transformed San Francisco, and funded the Union …
Washington (Storey) — Ghost Town · Storey County, NV
Short-lived Comstock-era toll-road settlement on the Washington Toll Road (later Lousetown / SR 45 corridor) between the Truckee River at Lockwood and Virgin…