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Twelve Virginia City Newspapers (from the height of the Comstock Silver Rush)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Newspapers Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Twelve Virginia City Newspapers (from the height of the Comstock Silver Rush)
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This item SOLD at 2016 Dec 12 @ 15:04UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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This is a great collection for a newspaper collector or anyone interested in the great Comstock mining era. Two 1872 papers. Read about the capture of Russell and Ryd and the Funeral of W. H. Smith (wife of the superintendent of the Belcher Mine). Ten 1875 issues. Read about major quicksilver deposits discovered near Reno and its affect on the Comstock mines, the obituary of Colonel A. M. Edgington (businessman and mine owner), General Sheridan's visit to Virginia City, and the Californians who have a scheme to take the water from Lake Tahoe for their own use. State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: 1872, 1875 FHWAC#: 41849