A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES DAN DE QUILLE [WILLIAM WRIGHT] PROMONTORY PRESS New York • 1974 Published by Promontory Press, New York, N.Y. 10016 Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 73-92646 ISBN: 0-88394-024-8 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Wright, William, 1829-1898. A history of the Comstock silver lode & mines, Nevada and the great basin region. Reprint of the 1889 ed. 1. Comstock Lode, Nev. 2. Nevada—Description and travel. I. Title. II. Series. TN413.N25W9 1973 338.2′74210979356 A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES NEVADA AND THE GREAT BASIN REGION; LAKE TAHOE AND THE HIGH SIERRAS. THE MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, LAKES, RIVERS, HOT SPRINGS, DESERTS, AND OTHER WONDERS OF THE “EASTERN SLOPE” OF THE SIERRAS. THE MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF “SILVERLAND.” TOWNS, SETTLEMENTS, MINING AND REDUCTION WORKS, RAILWAYS, LUMBER FLUMES, PINE FORESTS, SYSTEMS OF WATER SUPPLY, GREAT SHAFTS AND TUNNELS, AND THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS AND INDUSTRIES OF NEVADA. BY DAN DE QUILLE, author of “The Big Bonanza,” The Wealth and Wonders of Washoe, The Arid Zone and Irrigation, Etc. PUBLISHED BY F. BOEGLE, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, VIRGINIA, NEVADA. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1889, by F. BOEGLE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. _NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO, Pacific Press Publishing Company, Oakland, Cal., Printers, Stationers, and Binders._ INTRODUCTORY.