Brushed metal plaque № 48995

Reno, NV, United States

Galena. Galena began as an important lumbering center and mining camp. In 1860, R. S. and Andrew Hatch laid out the town and organized a mining district. The Hatch brothers’ quartz mill and smelter were among the earliest erected on this side of the Sierra. The gold deposits from the local mines con

tained a lead sulphide named “Galena,” which caused the mining operations to be unprofitable, but the mills continued to operate, processing ores from the Comstock mines.Eleven sawmills were operating

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