Excerpt from A History of the Comstock Silver Lode Mines, Nevada and the Great Basin Region: Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras In mentioning rivers, lakes, and railroads it has also been thought best to say something of all in the State. In the case of the railrords it became neces sary to speak briefly of the towns they connect and pass through, with a passing glance at the country traversed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.