Antique 19th-Century Engraved Map of Nevada – Mining Boom Era (c. 1870s–1880s)

The Map

Title: Nevada
Date: c. 1870s–1880s (engraved)
Publisher: From an atlas issued by Asher & Adams (noted at the bottom margin: “Map of Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Idaho, & Oregon”)
Medium: Steel engraving with hand-applied color outlining (state border in blue/green)
Paper: Laid paper with plate impression visible
Frame: Custom archival mat with gilt and green wood frame

About the Map

This engraved map of Nevada was produced in the post–Civil War era, when atlas publishers such as Asher & Adams, Johnson, and Colton competed to capture the rapid development of the American West. The map reflects Nevada during its mining-boom decades, with dozens of now-vanished mining camps and towns plotted — including Belmont, Eureka, Austin, Gold Hill, and Manhattan — alongside early rail lines and wagon roads. Many of these settlements existed only briefly during silver and gold rushes of the 1870s and 1880s, making maps like this invaluable for historians and collectors of Western Americana.

Product Description

A striking antique engraved map of Nevada, dating to the 1870s–1880s and rich with detail from the state’s mining era. The map charts dozens of historic towns, camps, and valleys — from Elko and Austin to Manhattan and Goldfield — capturing Nevada at the height of its 19th-century silver and gold rushes. Outlined in blue/green, the state stands out crisply against the engraved terrain and is handsomely presented in a double-matted, gilt and green archival frame.

This piece makes an exceptional display item for collectors of Western Americana, cartographic history, or Nevada mining heritage.

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Condition: Map shows typical light age toning; framing is modern and ready to hang.