Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Eilley Orrum: Queen of the Comstock by Swift Paine. Eilley Orrum was one of the most colorful people of the Comstock. Dubbed “The Queen of the Comstoc

Past All Dishonor by James M. Cain- 1947 book on the west and the silver boom. (James M. Cain, best known as the author of The Postman Always Rings Tw

Silver on the Washoe, 1961 by Irene Stone velvet paperback. City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date: 1961 FHWAC#: 49627

By Sam Davis, 11pg paperback, Rare. Sam Davis writes about two investors in the Comstock Lode who played the San Francisco stock market in the 1870&...

The Saga of the Comstock Lode: Boom Days in Virginia City by George D. Lyman 1937 – A book on the classic history of the Comstock Lode in Virginia Cit

Comstock Mining and Miners: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume IV by Elliot Lord and the United States Department of the Interio

If these booklets are hard to find, the Historical Society is harder! 1) Fall, 1978: Jewish history in Nevada, Matt Parrott gunsmith, history of Orr D

1) "The Wedge of Gold" was written by C. C. Goodwin, a long time editor of the Territorial Enterprise. First edition, 1893 novel. 2) "...

Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, 86th Congress, 1st Session. Hardcover, 73 pages with photographs. Published by the U.

Descriptive Geology of Nevada South of the Fortieth Parallel and Adjacent Portions of California, 1903 by Josiah Edward Spurr and the Unites States Ge