A trip down memory lane…

The Nevada Mining Association is celebrating its 105 anniversary this year. Check out what else was happening around Nevada and the United States in 1913, the year the NvMA got its start:

Nevada

The Tonopah area had its biggest year of production, mining $10 million in gold, silver, copper, and lead (over $250 million today).

A sudden cloudburst storm resulted in a flash-flood sweeping through Goldfield, causing $100,000 ($2.5 million today) worth of damage.

A result of the gold standard, the price of gold was fixed at $20.67.

Nevada passed its first law specific to motor vehicles, creating a licence fee of 12.5 cents per one horsepower.

Nevada State Route 1 was designated as the state’s first highway which runs along parts of modern day Interstate-80.

United States

Woodrow Wilson became the 28^th President of the United States.

The 16^th and 17^th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were passed. The 16^th instituted the federal income tax. The 17^th required U.S. senators to be directly elected instead of appointed.

Construction was completed on the Lincoln Highway, the first paved transcontinental highway for in the United States. The highway runs through modern day Highway 50 in Nevada.

Ford introduced the moving assembly line system, allowing the company to increase production of the Model T at a significantly lower price.

The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants in the World Series.