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Excerpt from The Comstock Lode: Its Character, and the Probable Mode of Its Continuance in Depth Gentlemen In compliance with your request, I beg to submit the subjoined statement of my views in regard to the character of the Comstock vein and the probable mode of its continuance in depth, as well as the necessity of constructing a deep adit-level for the purpose of drainage and ventilation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In the captivating true story of the Comstock Lode, Drabelle skillfully brings to life the exploration of the large vein of silver in the northwestern U.S. that sparked the Silver Rush from 1859-1882. "Mile-High Fever" brings to light one of the least-known episodes in American history.
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 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. Being the most prominent newspaper reporter at the time in Virginia City, De Quille had his finger on the pulse of the region, and had direct access to the mines and people, making him eminently qualified as the authoritative author for a history book about the Comstock silver mining boom.