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Whereas, The chance discovery of a few shiny metal flakes on a warm

summer’s day in July of the year 1849, at the mouth of a remote canyon in

what is present-day Nevada, played a significant role in changing the

course of the history of the American West, founded the mining industries

of Nevada and contributed the economic impetus that spurred the formation

of the State of Nevada; and

Whereas, The site of that discovery of placer gold is the site of the

present-day Town of Dayton, County of Lyon, the first permanent non-

Indian settlement in Nevada, the linear successor to Hall’s Station,

McMarlin’s Station, Chinatown, Mineral Rapids and Nevada City; and

Whereas, The Town of Dayton was the original seat of the County of

Lyon from 1861 to 1911; and

Whereas, The discovery of placer gold nuggets and the subsequent

exploration of the arroyo now known as Gold Canyon led prospectors to

the location of the hard-rock claim called, thereafter, the Comstock Lode;

and

Whereas, Wealth recovered from the aforesaid Comstock Lode helped

support the efforts of the Union in the War Between the States; and

Whereas, The many technical and engineering advances of the

Comstock era and the wealth recovered from the Comstock Lode forever

changed the course of the mining industry world-wide, and the expansion

and settlement of the western United States; and

Whereas, The 150th Anniversary of the first discovery of gold in

Nevada has come to hand and the residents of the Town of Dayton have

come forth to petition recognition of this momentous event and invite all to

participate in a grand celebration; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

Concurring, That the members of the 70th session of the Nevada

Legislature do hereby declare that in the County of Lyon, State of Nevada,

United States of America, the 17th and 18th days of the month of July in

the year 1999 are officially proclaimed as the Nevada Gold

Sesquicentennial Celebration; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a

copy of this resolution to the Chairman of the Lyon County Commission,

the Chairman of the Nevada Gold Sesquicentennial Committee and the

President of the Dayton Historic Society.

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