Black plaque № 49006

Silver City, NV, United States

Devil’s Gate. It gives ... “a forcible impression of the unhallowed character of the place.” J. Ross Browne . 1860This rugged reef of metamorphic rock was once one of the famous landmarks of the Nevada Territory. In June of 1850, John Orr and Nicholas Kelly unearthed a gold nugget nearby, the first

ever found in Gold Canyon. For the next ten years, the can was the scene of placer mining and one of the first stamp mills in the Territory was erected just to the south of Devil’s Gate during the sum

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