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The Comstock Lode and Virginia City’s Rise and Fall
A detailed historical sketch of the Comstock Lode discovery at Gold Canyon and Virginia City Nevada, tracing founders like O Riley McLaughlin and Comstock, the naming of Virginia City, the rise of major fortunes, notable figures such as Mark Twain, the Big Bonanza era, and the eventual decline after 1870 with lingering hopes of revival under the New Deal.
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Elmo 8Gott
Watson Hanoughout
Roosevelt
Thor
California
Montana
Colorado
South Dakota
Nevada
Virginia City
New
Comstock Lode
Tis
O. B. Glasscock
Guustock Lode
Lucky Baldwin
Bobbs-Merritt Company
James Finney
Wennlmore
Virginia
Peter O'Riley
Patrick McLaughlin
Manny Pearod
Jack Bishop
Joe Wintera
Johntown
Walker River
Henry Thomas Paige Comstock
O'Riley
McLaughlin
Comstock
Glasscock
Comatock
Gold Hill
Gardwell
Alwaya
Manny Penrod
Old Virginia
Caldwell
Cuistock Lode
James Walsh
Fennimore
Pleasant Hl
Mount Pleasant Point
Winnemucca
Finney
J. A
Kentucky
Grass Valley
Sierras
Walsh
Joy Woodworth
Washoe
Grass Valey
Penrod
Osborne
Cook
Virgina
Bozeman
Washoe District
Sai Clemens
Territorial Enterprise
Mark Twain
John W. Mackay
James G. Farr
Darius Ogden Mills
James R. Keene
James 0. Plaud
John T. Bradley
Liches
Hoosler
Baldwin
Ophir
Crown Point
Belcher
Yellow Jacket
Imperial
Empire
Gould and Curry
Modjeska
Booth
Barrett
Mecoplough
Virgina City
Comstock Soda
P Rtest Glasscock
Consolidated Virginian
San Francisco
Comstock Securities
Valen