History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

by Dan DeQuille

58 chapters4h 49mEnglish1974

About this book

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. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (57)

1The State of Nevada - Boundaries and Areas

358

2Physical Aspect of the State

440

3The Rivers of Nevada - Humboldt River

279

4Truckee River

260

5Carson River

171

6Walker River, Owyhee River, Reese River

185

7Other Nevada Rivers

180

8Mineral Treasures of Nevada

230

9Agricultural Resources

366

10The Comstock Mines, The Discovery of Silver

150

11Placer Mining on Gold Canyon

533

12The Grand Rush over the Sierras

152

13The Discoverers and Their Fate

185

14Early Mining and Milling

247

15Mining Difficulties and Inventions

138

16Various Mining and Milling Appliances, The Comstock as a School for Miners

211

17Virginia City and Surroundings

556

18City Improvements

218

19The Great Fire

329

20Virginia City at Present

277

21Views from the City and Vicinity, The View from the Summit of Mount Davidson

188

22The Virginia and Truckee Railroad

232

23The Days of Bull Teams

234

24The Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works

243

25The Big Water Pipes

200

26Additional Great Pipes

221

27The Sutro Tunnel, The Reduction Works of Early Days

317

28The First Silver Mill, The Many Mills of the Early Days

389

29Description of the Process of Working Comstock Silver Ores

563

30The Two California Mills, The River and Canyon Mills

329

31The Comstock Lode - Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and Present

156

32The Three Lines of Hoisting Works

344

33The Combination Shaft, The Deepest Workings on the Lode

339

34A Return to the Second Line of Works

266

35The Old First Bonanzas, The New Departure

259

36Present Yield of the Comstock Mines

547

37Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining

253

38Towns of Western Nevada - Virginia City, Gold Hill , Silver City

329

39Dayton and Sutro

335

40Carson City

390

41Empire City, Genoa and Reno

554

42Other Towns in Washoe County

226

43Lake Tahoe and Surroundings - Surrounding Objects of Interest

671

44Emerald Bay through Rubicon Springs

455

45Routes to Lake Tahoe

313

46The Town Of Truckee, Donner Lake and the Donner Disaster

364

47Surrounding Points of Interest, Independence Lake and Webber Lake Wonders

263

48Pyramid Lake

248

49Winnemucca Lake and Washoe Lake

175

50Thermal and Medicinal Springs, Steamboat Springs

345

51Shaw’s Springs, State Prison Warm Springs, Walley’s Springs and Other Springs

339

52Railroads in Nevada - The Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, Carson & Colorado

295

53Wabuska, Hawthorne, Luning, Bellville, Candelaria, Benton and Bishop Creek

264

54Independence, Keeler, Owens Lake, and Mono Lake

241

55Eureka and Palisade, Nevada Central, Battle Mountain, Austin, Nevada and California

356

56Proposed Railroads - Salt Lake and Los Angeles, Nevada, Central, and Idaho

129

57Nevada a Land of Great Possibilities

309

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