This is a three story building at American City which is on the other side of the mountains from Gold Hill, Gold Hill is about one mile down the road from Virginia City. There is graffiti on the walls of this building, but it can not be considered art.
All the structures at American City are made out of concrete, but none of the roofs are attached any longer. This town was a Silver mining community, and at one time was attempting to wrestle the title of Capital of Nevada away from Carson City.
A picture of the buildings from the top of one of the hills, from this distances it can be seen how large the silver mining operation was.
A picture of the buildings from the top of one of the hills the yellow mound running the length of the building is called tailings, which is the dirt remove from a mine. Sometimes the tailings also contained some left over ore of the mineral or metal that was being mined.
