Download or read book The Roar and the Silence written by Ronald M. James and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevada’s Comstock Mining District has been the focus of legend since it first burst into international prominence in the late 1850s, and its principal settlement, Virginia City, endures in the popular mind as the West’s quintessential mining camp. But the authentic history of the Comstock is far more complex and interesting than its colorful image. Contrary to legend, Virginia City spent only its first few years as a ramshackle mining camp. The mining boom quickly turned it into a thriving urban center, at its peak one of the largest cities west of the Mississippi, replete with most of the amenities of any large city of its time. The lure of the area’s fabulous wealth attracted a remarkably heterogenous population from around the world and offered employment to dozens of trades and thousands of people, both men and women, representing every one of the region’s diverse ethnic groups. Ronald James’s brilliant account of the Comstock’s long and eventful history—the first comprehensive study of the subject in over a century—examines every aspect of the region and employs information gleaned from hundreds of written sources, interviews, archeological research, computer analysis, folklore, gender studies, physical geography, and architectural and art history, as well as over fifty rare photographs, many of them previously unpublished.

Download or read book Tarnished Legacy written by Ellen Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia City, once the richest little city in the West, is now a ghost town. Follow the rise and fall of this silver-mining town.

Download or read book The History of the Comstock Lode written by Grant H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Comstock Silver Lode Mines written by Dan de Quille and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book The History of the Comstock Lode 1850 1920 written by Grant Horace Smith and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Insider Stories of the Comstock Lode and Nevada s Mining Frontier 1859 1909 written by Lawrence I. Berkove and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Big Bonanza written by Dan De Quille and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic book of the discovery and mining of silver and gold on the Comstock Lode by the editor of the Territorial Enterprise.

Download or read book The Comstock Lode Its Formation and History written by John Adams Church and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comstock Lode written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures—they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth. Val Trevallion, a loner haunted by a violent past. Grita Redaway, a radiantly beautiful actress driven by an unfulfilled need. Two fiercely independent spirits, together they rose above the challenges of the Comstock to stake a bold claim on the future.

Download or read book History of the Big Bonanza written by William Wright and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Story of the Comstock Lode written by and published by . This book was released on 1933* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Comstock Lode 1850 1920 written by Grant H. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

Download or read book A History of the Comstock Silver Lode Mines Nevada and the Great Basin Region written by Dan De Quille and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The central idea in the preparation of this little book has been to give, as concisely as possible, such information in regard to the silver mines of the Comstock as the visiting tourist is likely to require." -- introductory.

Download or read book SP024 The History of the Comstock Lode 1850 1920 written by and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Big Bonanza written by William Wright and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The History of the Comstock Lode 1850 1997 written by Grant Horace Smith and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Comstock Lode, first published in 1943, provided mining investors, engineers, and western historians with the first comprehensive, chronological history of mining operations on the Comstock. Of particular note is Smith's progressive record of the ways the mines were developed, the failures encountered, the bonanzas discovered, and the production records of the mines. In addition to the invaluable mining information, The History of the Comstock Lode includes the personal histories of the colorful men of the Comstock - "Old Virginny," the ill-fated Grosh brothers, John W. Mackay, Mark Twain, Dan De Quille, and Charles Howard Shinn, to mention a few. The book also contains many rare historic photographs of the mining district. With the addition of new material by Joseph V. Tingley, which brings the history of mining operations on the Comstock to the present, The History of the Comstock Lode will once again he enjoyed by scholars and students of mining history as well as western history buffs.