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Memorandum on some of the engineering works of the Comstock at Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada : San Francisco, 1939.
BANC MSS P-G 285
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Title:

Memorandum on some of the engineering works of the Comstock at Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada: San Francisco, 1939

Creator/Contributor:

Galloway, John Debo, 1869-1943, creator

Abstract:

Geological and historical background of the Comstock region; the Virginia & Truckee Railroad; water supply of the Comstock; wood and lumber industry, with photographic illustrations. From typescript owned by the Nevada Bureau of Mines.

Date:

1939 (issued)

Subject:

Virginia & Truckee Railroad.
Nevada Bureau of Mines.
Railroads
Water-supply -- Nevada
Lumber trade -- Nevada
Comstock Lode (Nev.)

Note:

Microfilm. Partial reel (positive and negative [Rich. 113:10])
Original owned by the Nevada Bureau of Mines (1954)
Negative photostats of maps transferred to the map collection of The Bancroft Library.

Physical Description:

microfilm
Partial microfilm reel (77 frames) : negative (Rich. 113:10) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-G 285

Origin:

Nevada