Wednesday, May 22, 2013
CALIFORNIA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER - EST. 1851
Volume 162 · Issue 61 | 99¢
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VISITORS to the Nevada State Museum can witness first hand what it felt like to be in an underground silver mine in the 1860s. Photo courtesy of Nevada State Museum
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CHUGGA CHUGGA — The Virginia & Truckee Railroad, the richest short-line in American history, originally operated during the raucous silver strike era of the infamous Comstock Lode from 1869 to 1938. It ran from Carson City to Virginia City. Photo by Thomas Gray