Gold Diggers and Silver Miners
Open Access
- 1 January 1981
- book
- Published by University of Michigan Library
Abstract
In 1859 high grade silver bullion was discovered on the Comstock Lode. In a twinkling, Virginia City was transformed into a brawling boom town perched on a mountain of silver. Twenty years later it virtually disappeared, leaving behind played-out mines, tumbled-down shanties, and memories of those...This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: