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Virginia City

Boom town, United States, founded 1859.

About Virginia City

Census-designated place that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, United States.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atComstock LodeVirginia City lies close to Comstock Lode.1

Events

Led toComstock Lode strikesVirginia City is part of this story: Comstock Lode strikes.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q987262 (Virginia City)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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