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SKETCHES OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA TERRITORY, by J. Ross Browne. 48 pages. In 1860 government agent J. Ross Browne visited the newly discovered Comstock Lode and commented extensively on the miners and their madness over minerals, the Chinese, the Indians, stagecoach drivers, proprietors, barroom brawlers, etc. Charming, humorous cartoons of these characters appear throughout the book. It was originally entitled A Peep at Washoe. $5.95.
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