Virginia City, Nevada, USA
About Virginia City

"...Virginia City became famous and has remained famous for many reasons. Probably foremost is the fact that it was the greatest producer of silver and gold high-grade ore in history. The recorded production of the Comstock district to 1957 was $393,963,725 in silver and gold, 10 the silver portion being about 58 percent of the total. This production figure was probably greatly exceeded, as there was a large unrecorded production in the early days. Another reason for Virginia City's fame is the large number of people who were associated with the development of the Comstock who later became famous ; men such as John W. Mackay, James G. Fair, Adolph Sutro, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), James C. Flood, W. S. O'Brien, William Sharon, D. O. Mills, and H. M. Yerington, to name only a few..."

The story of the water supply for the Comstock: including the towns of Virginia City, Gold Hill, and Silver City, Nevada, together with other water-related events for the period 1859-1969

Hugh A. Shamberger, Nevada. Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
U.S. Geological Survey; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972



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