A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines / Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras

by Dan De Quille

A HISTORY OF
THE
COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES

DAN DE QUILLE
[WILLIAM WRIGHT]

PROMONTORY PRESS
New York • 1974

Published by Promontory Press, New York, N.Y. 10016

Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 73-92646

ISBN: 0-88394-024-8

Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Wright, William, 1829-1898.

A history of the Comstock silver lode & mines, Nevada and the great basin region.

Reprint of the 1889 ed.

1. Comstock Lode, Nev.

2. Nevada—Description and travel. I. Title. II. Series.

TN413.N25W9 1973 338.2′74210979356

A HISTORY OF
THE
COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES

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NEVADA AND THE GREAT BASIN REGION;

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LAKE TAHOE AND THE HIGH SIERRAS.

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THE MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, LAKES, RIVERS, HOT SPRINGS, DESERTS, AND OTHER WONDERS OF THE “EASTERN SLOPE” OF THE SIERRAS.

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THE
MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
OF
“SILVERLAND.”

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TOWNS, SETTLEMENTS, MINING AND REDUCTION WORKS, RAILWAYS, LUMBER FLUMES, PINE FORESTS, SYSTEMS OF WATER SUPPLY, GREAT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS, AND THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS AND INDUSTRIES OF NEVADA.

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BY DAN DE QUILLE,
author of
“The Big Bonanza,”
The Wealth and Wonders of Washoe,
The Arid Zone and Irrigation, Etc.

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PUBLISHED BY F. BOEGLE,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.

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Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1889, by
F. BOEGLE,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO,
Pacific Press Publishing Company,
Oakland, Cal.,
Printers, Stationers, and Binders.

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