A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines

About this eBook

Author

De Quille, Dan, 1829-1898

Title

A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras

Credits

Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy

Subject

Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64699

Release Date

March 5, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES
2. 2.INTRODUCTORY.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.The State of Nevada. — Boundaries and Area. — The Physical Aspect of Nevada. — The Rivers of Nevada. — HUMBOLDT RIVER. — TRUCKEE RIVER. — CARSON RIVER. — WALKER RIVER. — THE OWYHEE. — REESE RIVER. — OTHER 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 Fate of the Discoverers. — Early Mining and Milling. — Mining Difficulties and Inventions. — Various Mining and Milling Appliances. — The Comstock as a School for Miners. — Virginia City and its Surroundings. — CITY IMPROVEMENTS. — The Great Fire. — Virginia City at Present. — Views from the City and Vicinity. — The View from the Summit of Mt. Davidson. — The Virginia and Truckee Railroad. — The Days of “Bull Teams.” — THE COMSTOCK SYSTEM OF WATER SUPPLY. — The Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works. — The Big Water Pipe. — Additional Great Pipes. — The Sutro Tunnel. — The Reduction Works of the Early Days. — The First Silver Mill. — The Many Mills of the Early Days. — REDUCTION WORKS OF THE PRESENT DAY. — Description of the Process of Working Comstock Silver Ore. — The Two California Mills. — 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. — A Return to the Second Line of Works. — The Old First Bonanzas. — The New Departure. — Present Yield of Leading Mines. — Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining. — TOWNS OF WESTERN NEVADA. — Virginia City. — Gold Hill. — Silver City. — Dayton. — Sutro. — Carson City. — Empire City. — Genoa. — Reno. — OTHER TOWNS IN WASHOE COUNTY. — Washoe City. — Ophir. — Franktown. — Wadsworth. — Verdi. — LAKE TAHOE. — Surrounding Objects of Interest. — Emerald Bay. — Fallen Leaf Lake. — Silver Lake. — Cornelian Bay. — Agate Bay. — Crystal Bay. — Shakespeare Rock. — Cave Rock. — Glenbrook. — Cascade Mountain. — Rubicon Springs. — Routes to Lake Tahoe. — THE ROUTE FROM TRUCKEE. — Distances from Tahoe City. — The Route from Reno. — The Town of Truckee. — Donner Lake. — The Donner Disaster. — Surrounding Points of Interest. — Independence Lake. — Webber Lake. — Pyramid Lake. — Winnemucca Lake. — Washoe Lake. — Thermal and Medicinal Springs. — Steamboat Springs. — Shaw’s Springs. — State Prison Warm Springs. — Walley’s Springs. — Other Springs. — Railroads in Nevada. — The Central Pacific. — The Virginia and Truckee. — Carson and Colorado. — Wabuska. — Hawthorne. — Luning. — Belleville. — Candelaria. — Benton. — Bishop Creek. — Independence. — Keeler. — Owens Lake. — Mono Lake. — Eureka and Palisade. — Palisade. — Eureka. — Nevada Central. — Battle Mountain. — Austin. — Nevada and California. — Proposed Railroads. — The Salt Lake and Los Angeles. — Nevada, Central, and Idaho — Nevada a Land of Great Possibilities.
5. 5.A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES By Dan De Quille — ABOUT THE SERIES
6. 6.Transcriber’s Notes

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