Nevada State Museum-Carson City
Chollar Mine Tour
If you’ve taken a peak around these parts before, or heck, been to Nevada for yourself, you’ll know that Nevada proudly owns the nickname “The Silver State.” The origin of that nickname also tells Nevada’s origin story too, making it all that more mighty. Mining has always led the industrial charge since before Nevada was even a state, dating back to the 1800s. Back when early pioneers were chasing their American Dream and making their way West, many were drawn to, and stayed in Nevada, mining out gold and silver profits. BUT, that came after the mega-enormo 1859 silver discovery in Virginia City—The Comstock Lode was, and still is the largest silver strike ever discovered on planet Earth. While California was experiencing a gold rush, Nevada’s silver strike went full bore, which led to many other discoveries in Nevada, like Austin in 1862, Eureka in 1864, and Pioche in 1869.
Where To See Some Nevada Silver For Yourself
Silver from the Comstock Lode itself created gobs of flatware, platters, goblets, tea sets, other decorative pieces, and of course United States currency at the Carson City Mint in Nevada’s Capital City. Today, the Carson City Mint is the Nevada State Museum, Carson City and proudly displays an impressive collection of items made from Comstock Silver, along with Coin Press #1 that still mints commemorative coins, to boot.
Story goes that before miners realized silver was in fact silver, this “blue clay” was so prevalent that it got in their way of searching for gold and was downright pesky. Some colorful legends from Virginia City claim that early residents used this “blue clay” as mortar, or even to repair potholes. Whether that’s true or not, you can see some of this storied substance in the Chollar Mine Tour in Virginia City to this day.
This is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Nevada. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized symbols created by an act of the Nevada Legislature and signed into law by the governor.
Miscellaneous
| Flag | State seal on a blue background | 1929 | |
| Motto | All for our country | 1886 | |
| Nicknames | Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State | n/a | |
| Seal | The Seal of Nevada | 1886 | |
| Song | Home Means Nevada | 1933 | |
| Steam locomotive | Nevada Northern Railway #40 | 2009 |
Flora
| Flower | Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) |
1917 | |
| Tree | Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) |
1987 | |
| Single-leaf Piñon (Pinus monophylla) |
1959 | ||
| Grass | Indian ricegrass (Eriocoma hymenoides) |
1977 |
Fauna
| Bird | Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) |
1967 | |
| Animal | Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) |
1973 | |
| Fish | Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncoryhnchus clarki henshawi) |
1981 | |
| Fossil | Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis)[2][3] |
1977 | |
| Reptile | Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) |
1989 | |
| Insect |
Vivid Dancer Damselfly (Argia vivida)[4] |
2009 |
Geology
| Mineral | Silver | 1977 | |
| Rock | Sandstone | 1987 | |
| Soil | Orovada | 2001 |
See also
- Nevada portal
- List of Nevada-related topics
- Lists of United States state insignia
- State of Nevada
References
- ^ bristlecone pine
- ^ "Nevada State Fossil | Ichthyosaur".
- ^ "Nevada State Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Genus Shonisaurus)".
- ^ www.n-state.com, NSTATE, LLC. "Nevada State Insect, Vivid Dancer Damselfly, (Argia vivida) from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
External links
- Nevada State Symbols
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