Assay Office and Justice Court
The assay office located here was one of the busiest places in the Gold Hill Mining District during the 1860s discovery era:
With statehood in 1864, came the justice court compleat with a jail. These structures were housed behind the assay office.
Gold Hill, a lively and cosmopolitan place was home base for John P. Jones, Bonanza King and Nevada’s longest standing United States Senator.
Marker is on North Main Street (State Highway 342), on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
