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
IntroductoryThe State of Nevada - Boundaries and AreasPhysical Aspect of the StateThe Rivers of Nevada - Humboldt RiverTruckee RiverCarson RiverWalker River, Owyhee River, Reese RiverOther Nevada RiversMineral Treasures of NevadaAgricultural ResourcesThe Comstock Mines, The Discovery of SilverPlacer Mining on Gold CanyonThe Grand Rush over the SierrasThe Discoverers and Their FateEarly Mining and MillingMining Difficulties and InventionsVarious Mining and Milling Appliances, The Comstock as a School for MinersVirginia City and SurroundingsCity ImprovementsThe Great FireVirginia City at PresentViews from the City and Vicinity, The View from the Summit of Mount DavidsonThe Virginia and Truckee RailroadThe Days of Bull TeamsThe Virginia City and Gold Hill Water WorksThe Big Water PipesAdditional Great PipesThe Sutro Tunnel, The Reduction Works of Early DaysThe First Silver Mill, The Many Mills of the Early DaysDescription of the Process of Working Comstock Silver OresThe Two California Mills, The River and Canyon MillsThe Comstock Lode - Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and PresentThe Three Lines of Hoisting WorksThe Combination Shaft, The Deepest Workings on the LodeA Return to the Second Line of WorksThe Old First Bonanzas, The New DeparturePresent Yield of the Comstock MinesVicissitudes of Fortune in MiningTowns of Western Nevada - Virginia City, Gold Hill , Silver CityDayton and SutroCarson CityEmpire City, Genoa and RenoOther Towns in Washoe CountyLake Tahoe and Surroundings - Surrounding Objects of InterestEmerald Bay through Rubicon SpringsRoutes to Lake TahoeThe Town Of Truckee, Donner Lake and the Donner DisasterSurrounding Points of Interest, Independence Lake and Webber Lake WondersPyramid LakeWinnemucca Lake and Washoe LakeThermal and Medicinal Springs, Steamboat SpringsShaw’s Springs, State Prison Warm Springs, Walley’s Springs and Other SpringsRailroads in Nevada - The Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, Carson & ColoradoWabuska, Hawthorne, Luning, Bellville, Candelaria, Benton and Bishop CreekIndependence, Keeler, Owens Lake, and Mono LakeEureka and Palisade, Nevada Central, Battle Mountain, Austin, Nevada and CaliforniaProposed Railroads - Salt Lake and Los Angeles, Nevada, Central, and IdahoNevada a Land of Great Possibilities
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines - Dan DeQuille - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
