Links

For a brief historical description of the founding of the Comstock plus a photographic tour that includes pictures of founders, mines, mills, machinery, workers, etc., go to:
www.onlinenevada.org/comstock_mining_district

For various on-line tours of topics generally referred to as "Science on the Comstock" go to:
www.nbmg.unr.edu/comstockscience/citations.shtml

For a brief history of the building of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad go to:
www.vcnevada.com/history/Vnthist.htm

For information (including maps) on National Historic Registry designations in and around the Comstock go to:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/virginia.htm

For Guy Rocha's essay on miners' union with illustrations go to:
www.nevadalabor.com/rocha.html

For the Home Page of the W. M Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum at the University of Nevada, Reno, go to:
www.mines.unr.edu/museum/home.htm

For the Home Page of the Mining History Association go to:
www.mininghistoryassociation.org/index.htm

For the Home Page of the Mining History Network (international scope) go to:
www.projects.ex.ac.uk/mhn/welcome.html

For a basic factsheet on the history of the Comstock go to:
www.calliope.org/gold/gold3.html

For interesting photos below and above ground of Comstock mining go to:
www.nevada-history.org/mines.html

For a report on the status of the Carson River relative to mercury contamination go to:
ndep.nv.gov/BCA/CarsonRiver/criver_1.htm

For a map that pinpoints all the mills in the Carson River Basin and can be blown up to show specific locations go to:
ndep.nv.gov/BCA/CarsonRiver/milm_opt.jpg

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