The Two California Mills 80 The River and Canyon Mills 81 THE COMSTOCK LODE 82 Hoisting Works, Shafts and Mining, Past and Present 82 The Three Lines of Hoisting Works 84 The Combination Shaft 86 The Deepest Workings on the Lode 88 A Return to the Second Line of Works 89 The Old First Bonanzas 91 The New Departure 92 Present Yield of the Comstock Mines 93 Vicissitudes of Fortune in Mining 96 TOWNS OF WESTERN NEVADA 98 Virginia City 98 Gold Hill 99 Silver City 101 Dayton 102 Sutro 104 Carson City 105 Empire City 109 Genoa 110 Reno 111 Other Towns in Washoe County 113 Washoe City 113 Ophir 114 Franktown 114 Wadsworth 114 Verdi 115 LAKE TAHOE AND SURROUNDINGS 115 Emerald Bay 121 Fallen Leaf Lake 123 Silver Lake 123 Cornelian Bay 123 Agate Bay 123 Crystal Bay 123 Shakespeare Rock 123 Cave Rock 124 Glenbrook 124 Cascade Mountain 124 Rubicon Springs 124 Routes to Lake Tahoe 125