A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines / Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras
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- A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES
- INTRODUCTORY.
- CONTENTS.
- 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.
- A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES By Dan De Quille
- ABOUT THE SERIES
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