I visited Virginia City, Nevada for the first time earlier this year and found myself a few hundred steps from the hotel, photographing this mine beneath the moonlight on our second night there. It was magical.
Photo: "Tunnel Light"
Looking out from a collapsed tunnel in Nevada on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
Photo: "DERAIL"
Gold Hill, Nevada
Photo: "Crown Point Mill"
(Night | 85% moon | 8 minutes | f/13 | ISO 200)
This 15,000 square foot mill was constructed in 1935 and is located in Gold Hill, Nevada. It processed 300,000 tons of ore before the Government shut it down under the War Production Board Limitation Order.