History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern (19th C), Business & Economics

Authors: Dan DeQuille In Year : 1974

Book Language: English

Audiobook: History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

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

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