Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Volume 4

Eliot Lord

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1883 - Comstock Lode (Nev.) - 451 pages

Contents

• THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD: 1
• The Eastern Slope of the Sierra Nevada Range2 The Native Tribes3 The Early Explorers4 Annexa: 14
• A Simple Autonomy15 The Miners and their Neighbors16 A Patriarchal Government17 A Mormon: 26
• CHAPTER III: 33
• CHAPTER IV: 56
• THE FOUNDATION OF A GREAT MINING TOWN: 77
• The Foundation of a Great Mining Town77 A Speculative Mania77 Development of the Quartz Milling: 90
• Ownership of the Lode Claims97 Distribution of the Ore Deposits98 Conflicting Theories98 Parallel: 108
• The Division of Utah109 The New Territorial Organization109 The First Governor of Nevada109: 128
• Individual and Corporate Ownership of Claims131 Opening of the District Court132 A Multitude of Mining: 172
• CHAPTER IX: 181
• Exhaustion of the Surface Ore Bodies181 Prostration of the Mining Industry181 Demand for Reduction: 197
• Incorporation of Virginia City198 Its Distinctive Quarters199 Life in the Streets199 How its People were: 206
• SIX YEARS OF PROGRESS: 216
• CHAPTER XII: 230
• The Arch Enemy of Miners230 The Rock Water Chambers231 Flooding of the Ophir Mine231: 243
• CHAPTER XIV: 263
• A FORTUNATE DELIVERANCE: 278
• THE GREAT BONANZA: 301
• FEATS OF LABOR: 322
• The Demand for Water322 The Schussler System of Supply323 An Extraordinary Aqueduct324: 336
• CHAPTER XVIII: 355
• Wages381 Prejudice of the Miners Union389: 389
• CHAPTER XX: 407
• APPENDIX: 415
• LIST OF PLATES: 447

Bibliographic information

• Title: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Volume 4; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Author: Eliot Lord
• Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1883
• Original from: University of Chicago
• Digitized: Jul 18, 2012
• Length: 451 pages