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A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines

Dan DeQuille (1829 - 1898)

This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the railroads. Silver not only defined Nevada, but influenced the opening of the American West as far as San Francisco. Dan De Quille (pseudonym for William Wright) wrote extensively on the history of mining in the area of Nevada, and published the larger work “The Big Bonanza” assisted by Mark Twain, both of whom were part of the Sagebrush School of writers. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Business & Economics, Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Introductory	Larry Wilson	00:03:26
Play 01	The State of Nevada - Boundaries and Areas	John	00:05:58
Play 02	Physical Aspect of the State	John	00:07:20
Play 03	The Rivers of Nevada - Humboldt River	John	00:04:39
Play 04	Truckee River	Johann	00:04:20
Play 05	Carson River	Johann	00:02:51
Play 06	Walker River, Owyhee River, Reese River	Larry Wilson	00:03:05
Play 07	Other Nevada Rivers	Johann	00:03:00
Play 08	Mineral Treasures of Nevada	Isobel	00:03:50
Play 09	Agricultural Resources	jenno	00:06:06
Play 10	The Comstock Mines, The Discovery of Silver	Alan Mapstone	00:02:30
Play 11	Placer Mining on Gold Canyon	ToddHW	00:08:53
Play 12	The Grand Rush over the Sierras	Alan Mapstone	00:02:32
Play 13	The Discoverers and Their Fate	Alan Mapstone	00:03:05
Play 14	Early Mining and Milling	James R. Hedrick	00:04:07
Play 15	Mining Difficulties and Inventions	James R. Hedrick	00:02:18
Play 16	Various Mining and Milling Appliances, The Comstock as a School for Miners	James R. Hedrick	00:03:31
Play 17	Virginia City and Surroundings	jenno	00:09:16
Play 18	City Improvements	jenno	00:03:38
Play 19	The Great Fire	Ryan Fahey	00:05:29
Play 20	Virginia City at Present	Ryan Fahey	00:04:37
Play 21	Views from the City and Vicinity, The View from the Summit of Mount Davidson	Ryan Fahey	00:03:08
Play 22	The Virginia and Truckee Railroad	Alan Mapstone	00:03:52
Play 23	The Days of Bull Teams	John	00:03:54
Play 24	The Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Works	John	00:04:03
Play 25	The Big Water Pipes	John	00:03:20
Play 26	Additional Great Pipes	Johann	00:03:41
Play 27	The Sutro Tunnel, The Reduction Works of Early Days	jenno	00:05:17
Play 28	The First Silver Mill, The Many Mills of the Early Days	jenno	00:06:29
Play 29	Description of the Process of Working Comstock Silver Ores	ToddHW	00:09:23
Play 30	The Two California Mills, The River and Canyon Mills	jenno	00:05:29
Play 31	The Comstock Lode - Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and Present	Tim811	00:02:36
Play 32	The Three Lines of Hoisting Works	Tim811	00:05:44
Play 33	The Combination Shaft, The Deepest Workings on the Lode	Wayne Cooke	00:05:39
Play 34	A Return to the Second Line of Works	James R. Hedrick	00:04:26
Play 35	The Old First Bonanzas, The New Departure	Tim811	00:04:19
Play 36	Present Yield of the Comstock Mines	James R. Hedrick	00:09:07
Play 37	Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining	Wayne Cooke	00:04:13
Play 38	Towns of Western Nevada - Virginia City, Gold Hill , Silver City	Christina Fu	00:05:29
Play 39	Dayton and Sutro	James R. Hedrick	00:05:35
Play 40	Carson City	Bruce McCready	00:06:30
Play 41	Empire City, Genoa and Reno	Beau Wood	00:09:14
Play 42	Other Towns in Washoe County	Larry Wilson	00:03:46
Play 43	Lake Tahoe and Surroundings - Surrounding Objects of Interest	Andrew Gaunce	00:11:11
Play 44	Emerald Bay through Rubicon Springs	Andrew Gaunce	00:07:35
Play 45	Routes to Lake Tahoe	Wayne Cooke	00:05:13
Play 46	The Town Of Truckee, Donner Lake and the Donner Disaster	Christina Fu	00:06:04
Play 47	Surrounding Points of Interest, Independence Lake and Webber Lake Wonders	Christina Fu	00:04:23
Play 48	Pyramid Lake	Christina Fu	00:04:08
Play 49	Winnemucca Lake and Washoe Lake	Christina Fu	00:02:55
Play 50	Thermal and Medicinal Springs, Steamboat Springs	jenno	00:05:45
Play 51	Shaw’s Springs, State Prison Warm Springs, Walley’s Springs and Other Springs	jenno	00:05:39
Play 52	Railroads in Nevada - The Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, Carson & Colorado	Alan Mapstone	00:04:55
Play 53	Wabuska, Hawthorne, Luning, Bellville, Candelaria, Benton and Bishop Creek	Paul Hampton	00:04:24
Play 54	Independence, Keeler, Owens Lake, and Mono Lake	Paul Hampton	00:04:01
Play 55	Eureka and Palisade, Nevada Central, Battle Mountain, Austin, Nevada and California	Paul Hampton	00:05:56
Play 56	Proposed Railroads - Salt Lake and Los Angeles, Nevada, Central, and Idaho	Alan Mapstone	00:02:09
Play 57	Nevada a Land of Great Possibilities	Larry Wilson	00:05:09

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