The Story of the Mine: As Illustrated by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada

by Charles H. Shinn

It is Shinn's appreciation of the glory of the tale that makes The story of the mine a book for today as well as a popular book of the turn of the century. No one has captured so much of the many spirits of Comstock history as Shinn does here. The book serves as well as any single book as an introduction to the greatest mining adventure in American history. - Nevada Historical Society Quarterly Shinn succeeds in describing the Comstock with the excitement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874170591
• ISBN13: 9780874170597
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.4"