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1) The Comstock

Author

Publisher

Nevada Historical Society

Pub. Date

1985

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

2) Virginia City, its history ...its ghosts: a mini-history

Author

Zauner, Phyllis

Publisher

Zanel Publications

Pub. Date

1979

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

3) Silver hillside: the life and times of Virginia City

Author

Richnak, Barbara

Publisher

Comstock-Nevada Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c1984

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

4) Tarnished legacy: the story of the Comstock lode

Author

Series

Cover-to-cover books

Publisher

Perfection Learning

Pub. Date

[2001]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the history of the mining days at Comstock.

5) The roar and the silence: a history of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode

Author

James, Ronald M

Series

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c1998

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

6) Gold diggers & silver miners: prostitution and social life on the Comstock Lode

Author

Goldman, Marion S

Series

Women and culture

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Pub. Date

c1981

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

7) Virginia City and the big bonanza

Author

James, Ronald M

Series

Images of America

Publisher

Arcadia Pub

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

8) The Comstock guidebook: your go-everywhere, see everything guides to the Silver State

Author

Townley, John M

Series

Desert rat guidebook

Publisher

Published for the Great Basin Studies Center by the Jamison Station Press

Pub. Date

[1984]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

9) Coins of the Comstock: the pioneer minor coinage of Virginia City and the Comstock

Author

Publisher

Sierra Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

10) Sun Mountain: a Comstock memoir

Author

Wheeler, Richard S

Publisher

Forge

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

11) The infamous king of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West

Author

Makley, Michael J

Series

William S. Shepperson series in Nevada history

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

12) The story of the mine: as illustrated by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada

Author

Shinn, Charles Howard

Series

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

[1980]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

13) Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad

Author

Drew, Stephen E

Series

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

14) Lumber baron of the Comstock Lode: the life & times of Duane L. Bliss

Author

Publisher

American History Press

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

15) A short history of Virginia City

Author

James, Ronald M

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Appears on list

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame & Silver Pen

Formats

Book, Reference

16) Virginia City and the Comstock Lode: yesterday and today

Publisher

Video Velocity

Language

English

Description

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"Join local historian Chic DeFrancia, as he takes you on a tour of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode! In this lavish production, you’ll experience the story of the discovery of the Comstock Lode, and meet the characters of Virginia City’s early history: the Grosch Brothers, Henry Comstock, James Fennimore, Captain Storey, Eilly Orrum, Sandy Bowers, Phillip Diedesheimer, John Mackay, James Fair, William Sharon, Dan de Quille, Mark Twain, Julia...

17) An editor on the Comstock Lode

Author

Publisher

Farrar & Rinehart

Pub. Date

[1936-]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

18) Mining history and place names of the Comstock area: field trip guidebook, September 19, 1987

Series

Open file report / Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada-Reno volume 87-6

Publisher

Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology , Mackey School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno

Pub. Date

[1987]

Language

English

19) A kid on the Comstock: reminiscences of a Virginia City childhood

Author

Waldorf, John Taylor

Series

Publisher

University of Nevada Press

Pub. Date

[1970]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

20) The golden quest and Nevada's silver heritage: includes the Lake Tahoe Region: Truckee, Tahoe City, Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Genoa, Glenbrook and smaller California and Nevada communities within 30 miles of Lake Tahoe

Author

Publisher

19th Century Books

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

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