By 1855 the California Gold Rush was over for all but wealthy investors who could afford to build the machinery now required to mine. But the Silver Rush was on. Half of San Francisco relocated to the Comstock and the other half was doing business there. Adolph Sutro was one of the thousands of Californians who left their wives and families in San Francisco and made the Nevada Territory their second home.
How did they have ice to bring down into the mines?? Refrigeration wasn't invented yet, right? The horrors to which people have subjected themselves in pursuit of money are beyond astonishing.
California History After the Gold Rush: Chapter 18 — Adolph Sutro in the Comstock
How did they have ice to bring down into the mines?? Refrigeration wasn't invented yet, right? The horrors to which people have subjected themselves in pursuit of money are beyond astonishing.