King of the Comstock South: The Life, Letters and Legacy of Lewis Chalmers

by Karen Dustman

This is the untold story of Lewis Chalmers, a Scottish mining capitalist who spent two decades chasing silver sixty miles south of the original Comstock Lode. In lengthy letters to friends and financiers in London, he chronicled his day-to-day struggles at multiple lodes in the mountains of Alpine County, California--from miners' strikes to fending off a series of financial disasters. In addition to hard-rock silver shafts, Chalmers' ambitious projects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634994450
• ISBN13: 9781634994453
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"