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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 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.

The Two California Mills.

River and Canyon Mills.

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.

Gold Hill.

Silver City.

Dayton.

Sutro.

Carson City.

Empire City.

Genoa.

Reno.

OTHER TOWNS IN WASHOE COUNTY.

Distances from Tahoe City.

The Route from Reno.

The Town of Truckee.

Donner Lake.

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.

Owens Lake.

Mono Lake.

Eureka and Palisade.

Nevada Central.

Nevada and California.

Proposed Railroads.

Nevada a Land of Great Possibilities.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Transcriber’s Notes