First Comstock Lode Mill to Use Electric Power
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N 39° 18.117 W 119° 39.072
11S E 271390 N 4353636
The Nevada Mill at the Chollar-Potosi mine in Virginia City was the first to generate and use electric power.
Waymark Code: WMF8MT
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2012
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The Nevada State Historical Marker (Number 209) at the mine reads in part:
...As the Chollar-Potosi, it was one of the leading producers on the Comstock. The Nevada mill was erected here in 1887 to process low-grade Chollar ore. It was the last to use the Washoe pan process, but the first on the Comstock to generate and utilize electric power.
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