In 1920, the United Comstock Mining Co. constructed a $1.5 million four-story cyanide mill of reinforced concrete on the site to process low-grade ores coming out of the Comstock Lode. Three years later the Comstock Merger Mines Inc. was formed to operate a group of Comstock mines in the middle of the lode and in 1923 acquired the mill when the United Comstock Mining Co. went out of business. A small company camp just below the mill included a store, houses, a post office and other buildings until December 1926, when the Merger Mines Company closed the mill because of the falling price of silver. These remains are all that are left, used as a party location for teenagers, and a urban battlefield for paintballers. Heavily covered in graffiti and an amazing place to photograph.
This pic I used in the Fool the Viewer challenge was also from American Flats...
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That ceiling is tremendous, I am not sure why I am only seeing it now, this long after the challenge, but, credit where credit is due- and congrats on the bling.
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