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
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
NEVADA AND THE GREAT BASIN REGION;
LAKE TAHOE AND THE HIGH SIERRAS.
THE MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, LAKES, RIVERS, HOT SPRINGS, DESERTS, AND OTHER WONDERS OF THE “EASTERN SLOPE” OF THE SIERRAS.
THE
MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
OF
“SILVERLAND.”
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.
BY DAN DE QUILLE,
author of
“The Big Bonanza,”
The Wealth and Wonders of Washoe,
The Arid Zone and Irrigation, Etc.
PUBLISHED BY F. BOEGLE,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.
Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1889, by
F. BOEGLE,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO,
Pacific Press Publishing Company,
Oakland, Cal.,
Printers, Stationers, and Binders.
INTRODUCTORY.
The central idea in the preparation of this little bookhas been to give, as concisely as possible, such informationin regard to the silver mines of the Comstockas the visiting tourist is likely to require. In doingthis it was thought best to begin by briefly introducingthe whole State of Nevada. When shown a portionof a thing we generally have some curiosity inregard to the appearance of the whole. Thoughmuch more space has been given to the mines, miningworks, towns, and industries of the ComstockLode than to anything else, yet it has been foundnecessary to the plan of the work to include much ofsurrounding regions, both in Nevada and