CONTENTS.
PAGE. [The State of Nevada] 11 [Boundaries and Areas] 11 [Physical Aspect of the State] 13 [THE RIVERS OF NEVADA] 17 [Humboldt River] 17 [Truckee River] 19 [Carson River] 21 [Walker River] 23 [Owyhee River] 23 [Reese River] 24 [Other Nevada Rivers] 24 [Mineral Treasures of Nevada] 26 [Agricultural Resources] 28 [The Comstock Mines] 31 [The Discovery of Silver] 32 [Placer Mining on Gold Canyon] 32 [The Grand Rush over the Sierras] 38 [The Discoverers and Their Fate] 39 [Early Mining and Milling] 40 [Mining Difficulties and Inventions] 42 [Various Mining and Milling Appliances] 44 [The Comstock as a School for Miners] 45 [VIRGINIA CITY AND SURROUNDINGS] 45 [City Improvements] 50 [The Great Fire] 52 [Virginia City at Present] 55 [Views from the City and Vicinity] 58 [The View from the Summit of Mount Davidson] 59 [The Virginia and Truckee Railroad] 59 [The Days of Bull Teams] 61 [The Comstock System of Water Supply] 63 [The Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works] 63 [The Big Water Pipes] 65 [Additional Great Pipes] 66 [The Sutro Tunnel] 68 [The Reduction Works of Early Days] 70 [The First Silver Mill] 70 [The Many Mills of the Early Days] 72 [Reduction Works of the Present Day] 74 [Description of the Process of Working Comstock Silver Ores] 74 [The Two California Mills] 80 [The River and Canyon Mills] 81 [THE COMSTOCK LODE] 82 [Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and Present] 82 [The Three Lines of Hoisting Works] 84 [The Combination Shaft] 86 [The Deepest Workings on the Lode] 88 [A Return to the Second Line of Works] 89 [The Old First Bonanzas] 91 [The New Departure] 92 [Present Yield of the Comstock Mines] 93 [Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining] 96 [TOWNS OF WESTERN NEVADA] 98 [Virginia City] 98 [Gold Hill] 99 [Silver City] 101 [Dayton] 102 [Sutro] 104 [Carson City] 105 [Empire City] 109 [Genoa] 110 [Reno] 111 [Other Towns in Washoe County] 113 [Washoe City] 113 [Ophir] 114 [Franktown] 114 [Wadsworth] 114 [Verdi] 115 [LAKE TAHOE AND SURROUNDINGS] 115 [Emerald Bay] 121 [Fallen Leaf Lake] 123 [Silver Lake] 123 [Cornelian Bay] 123 [Agate Bay] 123 [Crystal Bay] 123 [Shakespeare Rock] 123 [Cave Rock] 124 [Glenbrook] 124 [Cascade Mountain] 124 [Rubicon Springs] 124 [Routes to Lake Tahoe] 125 [The Route from Truckee] 125 [Distances from Tahoe City to Points on the Lake] 126 [The Route from Reno] 127 [THE TOWN OF TRUCKEE] 128 [Donner Lake] 129 [The Donner Disaster] 130 [Surrounding Points of Interest] 131 [Independence Lake and Surroundings] 132 [Webber Lake Wonders] 133 [Pyramid Lake] 134 [Winnemucca Lake] 136 [Washoe Lake] 138 [THERMAL AND MEDICINAL SPRINGS] 138 [Steamboat Springs] 139 [Shaw’s Springs] 141 [State Prison Warm Springs] 141 [Walley’s Springs] 142 [Other Nevada Springs] 143 [RAILROADS IN NEVADA] 144 [The Central Pacific] 145 [Virginia and Truckee Distances] 146 [The Carson and Colorado] 146 [Wabuska] 147 [Hawthorne] 148 [Luning] 148 [Bellville] 148 [Candelaria] 148 [Benton] 149 [Bishop Creek] 149 [Independence] 149 [Keeler] 150 [Owens Lake] 150 [Mono Lake] 151 [Eureka and Palisade Railroad] 151 [Town of Palisade] 151 [Eureka] 151 [Nevada Central Railroad] 152 [Town of Battle Mountain] 152 [Austin] 153 [Nevada and California Railroad] 154 [Proposed Railroads] 154 [Salt Lake and Los Angeles] 155 [Nevada, Central, and Idaho] 155 [NEVADA A LAND OF GREAT POSSIBILITIES] 155