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Sun Mountain Riches Unearthed by Early Nevada Emigrants
The Washoe mining tale traces how early 1860s emigrants along Sun Mountain and Gold Canyon in the Carson River area found gold flakes via dry washing and a nod to Orr’s large nugget. It notes Hall’s Station Genoa and Franktown burgeoning as California bound traffic swelled, with figures like Greeley Hearst and Fair passing en route, and towns such as Mormon Station and Carson City forming from these trails.
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Washoe
Virginia City
Sun Mountain
Carson River Plain
California
Salt Lake Valley
Nevada
John Orr
Forty Mile Desert Sandoval
Carson River
William Prouse
Sierra Pass
Orr
Grant Road
Gold Canyon
Fort Wayne
Ind
Spofford Hall
Emi- Hall
McMarlin
Manjor Ormsby
Pyramid Lake
Piutes
Dayton
Hall
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
James Fair
William Sharon
George Hearst
Sierra Mother Lode
Sierras
Mormon Station
John Heese
Salt Lake City
Jim
Genoa
Lake Tahoe