Keck Museum at the University of Nevada

The university in Reno has displays of Nevada geology and mining history going back before the Comstock Lode of Virginia City. The Comstock Lode was the richest strike of silver in the history of the world and changed the history of the West.

The Mackay School of Mines

The Mackay Statue faces south to Morrill Hall	Icthyosaur: official Nevada fossil	A long line of cases.
19th century mining equipment.	Cases of all sizes.	Safe
Tonopah Mine model.	Close-up of minerals.	2nd floor view.
Old photos above cases.	Virginia Creeper covers buildings on the lower campus.

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