Donovan's Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, NV

Significance: The Donovan Mill was the first cyanide process mill established on the Comstock, and opened the way for the great technological revolution in metallurgy.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2

Survey number: HAER NV-3

Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1959

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