Bird's Eye View of Virginia City

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

A hand-drawn map of Virginia City in 1864. This map shows the early days of Virginia City, during the first mining booms. Several mines and mills around town are drawn on the edges of the map. Two versions of this map were drawn; the other one, seen here, has commercial and residential buildings around the edge.

Date Uploaded: May 22, 2024

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Source: Calisphere

Source URL: https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/tf9s201371/

Source Caption: City situated at base of mountain range. Marginal views include numerous silver mining operations (Ophir, Woodworth, Gould & Curry, Potosi, Bullion, Mexican, Chollar, and Savage).
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Grafton T. Brown; (LC): Entered... 1864 by Grafton T. Brown... California; (LR): C.C. Kuchel, lith., 543 Clay St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Each item captioned.

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