HISTORY OF THE BIG BONANZA:

AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY, HISTORY, AND WORKING OF THE

WORLD RENOWNED

COMSTOCK SILVER LODE OF NEVADA

INCLUDING THE

PRESENT CONDITION OF THE VARIOUS MINES SITUATED THEREON;

SKETCHES OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEN INTERESTED IN

THEM; INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES CONNECTED WITH

MINING, THE INDIANS, AND THE COUNTRY;

AMUSING STORIES, EXPERIENCES,

ANECDOTES, &C., &C.

AND A FULL

EXPOSITION OF THE PRODUCTION OF PURE SILVER

BY

DAN DE QUILLE.

(WILLIAM WRIGHT.)

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.

SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.

HARTFORD, CONN.:

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.:

A. L. BANCROFT & CO.

1876.

Entered according to act of Congress, in year 1876 by

AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.