I crossed the line today...that is, I took a little side excursion from Tahoe into Nevada for a visit to Virginia City, a once booming mining town that was called the "The richest place on Earth," due to the deposits of silver and gold discovered during the great California gold rush (supposedly 75% of it has yet to be discovered!); it was also the home of Mark Twain for a while. Now it's a touristy "ghost town." I strolled the old wooden walks through the saloons and gift shops, grabbed some "lunch" from Barrels 'O Candy, and took an exciting, very informative 40-minute underground tour of the Chollar Mine; a 1/4-mile walking tour into the mine shaft and see square-set timbering, silver ore, rock drills as well as other old mining apparatus. Outside I checked out machinery and equipment on display including a five stamp mill, hoisting cage, head frame, ore cars, trammer, steam engine, and compressors.
To complete my visit to Virginia City, I did a walking tour of the historic sites, mansions, churches and businesses from the 1800s. I balanced a bottle of water on a lady's big bum, was thrown in "jail," and inspected "Suicide Table" (3 of its previous owners apparently committed suicide).
To complete my visit to Virginia City, I did a walking tour of the historic sites, mansions, churches and businesses from the 1800s. I balanced a bottle of water on a lady's big bum, was thrown in "jail," and inspected "Suicide Table" (3 of its previous owners apparently committed suicide).
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