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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1875, 1877, 1878 - Comstock Lot - Carson City Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1875, 1877, 1878 - Comstock Lot - Carson City Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Longitudinal Vertical Projection of the Comstock Lode: Mine shown include Silver Hill, Justice- Alta, Benton, Caledonia, and Overman. Small key on the bottom with details. Printed by Julius Bien & Co lithographers. 2) Harpers Weekly: A Journal of Civilization; New York Saturday August 25, 1877 volume XXL, 2 printed drawings of “a Nevada Silver Mine- Changing the Shift by P Frenzeny. Also from Harper’s Weekly, a collage drawing of “Chinese Quarters, Virginia City, Nevada,” pg. 1025. 3) Page of four illustrations from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 27, 1875 page 193. Top illustration: “The Gould & Curry Mill,” Virginia City, “Loading wagons with ore to be transported to the mill for grinding,” “Interior of a mine- Miners excavating silver ore,” and “Cars laden with ore coming out of the mine.” Also from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper a full page drawing of a rugged mining swinging a pickaxe titled “The party witnessing silver miners ‘picking’ ore in the Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine”, from an edition published March 9, 1878. 4)Page from the Scientific American Supplement no. 263. Possesses articles on “The Treatment of Silver Tailings in Nevada.” There are three drawings. All are depictions of the Woodworth Silver Tailing Sluices at Dayton, NV from various angles. Good