
U.S. Geological Survey outfit enroute Blair to Silverpeak 1912. Note the Racine Wagon and Carriage Company wagon
USGS Washoe canaries at pumping station, Silverpeak. Silver Peak quadrangle. Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1912

USGS Sub-station, California Power Company, Silverpeak. Silver Peak quadrangle. Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1912

Silver Peak Substation, a major switching point for lines going to the various Nevada mining camps, was a remote place in 1918. Photo courtesy Southern…