History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Virginia City, Nevada
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1505247888 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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As a senior newspaper reporter, De Quille took a young Samuel Clemen's under his wing at the Territorial Enterprise (where the name Mark Twain first appeared in print), and the two fed off each other's acerbic humor and established a tremendous following of readers. . De Quille's reporting of Comstock activities and humorous stories were often repeated in other newspapers throughout the old west, and some of his fabricated hoax tales obtained international fame. About the Author Dan De Quille arrived on the
One Star The print was so small I could not read. Not sure if there is another addition with larger print.. A Taste of the Comstock Lode Richard L. Nielsen For those who enjoy Mark Twain's brand of humor, 'History of the Big Bonanza' will be quite appealing. Dan de Quille (pen name) was a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in the 1860s while Samuel Clemons (Mark Twain) was there. While Mark Twain developed his style of humor as a cub reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, NV, and went on to fame, Dan de Quille didn't have the same success. This is a worthwhile reading and should be in the library of anyone in. If you like history, especially the history of the Nevada silver Lawn Barnett If you like history, especially the history of the Nevada silver boom, this is a great book to read. Written toward the end of the hay day on the Comstock, it is a true to life account of life in all aspects. Ever wondered what it was like to go down the main shaft of one of the mines? There is a great description of that and many other things that were life in Virginia City and Gold Hill. As a Comstock buff, I recommend this book wholeheartedlyand it's free!
Mining camps soon thrived in the vicinity, which became bustling centers of fabulous wealth, including Virginia City and Gold Hill. The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Nevada (then western Utah Territory). The Comstock Lode is notable not just for the immense fortunes it generated and the large role those fortunes had in the growth of Nevada and San Francisco, but also for the advances in mining technology that it spurred. This book published in 1877 has been reformatted for republication and reprinting and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.. After the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush of prospectors to the area, scrambling to stake their claims. The discovery caused considerable excitement in California and throughout the United States, the greatest since the California Gold Rush in 1849. It was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States
Dan De Quille arrived on the Comstock in 1859, the same year the first silver discoveries were made, and remained for almost forty years watching its history unfold. . As a senior newspaper reporter, De Quille took a young Samuel Clemen's under his wing at the Territorial Enterprise (where the name Mark Twain first appeared in print), and the two fed off each other's acerbic humor and esta