- History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
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Dan DeQuille
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This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the railroads. Silver not only defined Nevada, but influenced the opening of the American West as far as San Francisco. Dan De Quille (pseudonym for William Wright) wrote extensively on the history of mining in the area of Nevada, and published the larger work “The Big Bonanza” assisted by Mark Twain, both of whom were part of the Sagebrush School of writers.
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- Chapters
- Introductory
- The State of Nevada - Boundaries and Areas
- Physical Aspect of the State
- The Rivers of Nevada - Humboldt River
- Truckee River
- Carson River
- Walker River, Owyhee River, Reese River
- Other Nevada Rivers
- Mineral Treasures of Nevada
- Agricultural Resources
- The Comstock Mines, The Discovery of Silver
- Placer Mining on Gold Canyon
- The Grand Rush over the Sierras
- The Discoverers and Their Fate
- Early Mining and Milling
- Mining Difficulties and Inventions
- Various Mining and Milling Appliances, The Comstock as a School for Miners
- Virginia City and Surroundings
- City Improvements
- The Great Fire
- Virginia City at Present
- Views from the City and Vicinity, The View from the Summit of Mount Davidson
- The Virginia and Truckee Railroad
- The Days of Bull Teams
- The Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works
- The Big Water Pipes
- Additional Great Pipes
- The Sutro Tunnel, The Reduction Works of Early Days
- The First Silver Mill, The Many Mills of the Early Days
- Description of the Process of Working Comstock Silver Ores
- The Two California Mills, The River and Canyon Mills
- The Comstock Lode - Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and Present
- The Three Lines of Hoisting Works
- The Combination Shaft, The Deepest Workings on the Lode
- A Return to the Second Line of Works
- The Old First Bonanzas, The New Departure
- Present Yield of the Comstock Mines
- Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining
- Towns of Western Nevada - Virginia City, Gold Hill , Silver City
- Dayton and Sutro
- Carson City
- Empire City, Genoa and Reno
- Other Towns in Washoe County
- Lake Tahoe and Surroundings - Surrounding Objects of Interest
- Emerald Bay through Rubicon Springs
- Routes to Lake Tahoe
- The Town Of Truckee, Donner Lake and the Donner Disaster
- Surrounding Points of Interest, Independence Lake and Webber Lake Wonders
- Pyramid Lake
- Winnemucca Lake and Washoe Lake
- Thermal and Medicinal Springs, Steamboat Springs
- Shaw’s Springs, State Prison Warm Springs, Walley’s Springs and Other Springs
- Railroads in Nevada - The Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, Carson & Colorado
- Wabuska, Hawthorne, Luning, Bellville, Candelaria, Benton and Bishop Creek
- Independence, Keeler, Owens Lake, and Mono Lake
- Eureka and Palisade, Nevada Central, Battle Mountain, Austin, Nevada and California
- Proposed Railroads - Salt Lake and Los Angeles, Nevada, Central, and Idaho
- Nevada a Land of Great Possibilities
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