Virginia City, Nevada, USA
1895 - Virginia City

Virginia City, the commercial metropolis of Nevada, and the capital of Storey co., is situated among rocky ledges and ravines on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, 15 miles N.N.E. of Carson City, about 200 miles in a direct line N.E. of San Francisco, and 12 miles S. of the Central Pacific Railroad. It is 6205 feet above the level of the sea, and near lat. 39° 22' N. and lon. 119° 35' W. It is a terminus of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, which connects with the Central Pacific Railroad at Reno. The principal streets are level, having been in many places graded through the solid native rock. The business streets are lined with substantial stone and brick buildings, some of which are 5 stories high. The environs are adorned with many beautiful and costly residences. The city is supplied with good light, and with spring water conveyed through the streets in pipes. It contains a court-houses, 4 churches, 2 theatres, a branch of the banking-house of Wells, Fargo & Co., several assay-offices, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 2 weekly newspapers. This city owes its prosperity and importance to its silver-mines, which are perhaps the richest in the United States, particularly the famous Comstock Ledge or Lode, discovered in 1859, and the Big Bonanza, or Consolidated Virginia, which are severally reported to have yielded at times over $10,000,000 worth of silver per annum. On the 26th of October, 1875, a great fire destroyed several public buildings, hotels, churches, banks, and other business-houses of this city. Pop. in 1870, 7048; in 1880, 10,917; in 1890, 8511.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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