Big Smoky Silver Mining Company
Published: 2017-11-10
Total Pages: 38
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Excerpt from Big Smoky Silver Mining Company, Nevada The mining property embraced in the corporation consists of the celebrated Big Smoky Mine, situ ated on the east side of the mountain bordering the great Smoky Valley in Lander county, Nevada. This mine was discovered and located on the 13th day of March, 1863, by seven persons, and contains 1400 lineal feet upon the lode, and varies in Width on the out-crop of the vein from 30 to 60 feet, rising in places to the height of upwards of 20 feet, showing itself prominently the full length of the mine. It is situated in the town of Geneva, about 12 miles from the City of Austin, Reese River, and four miles from the overland mail and stage road, and telegraph line to San Francisco. 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.