Pullin' Chocks

Virginia City, Nevada

Virginia City was only about 22 miles from our RV Park, but because the route and terrain into Virginia City was so mountainous the trip in Pepe took us almost an hour. Virginia City is another Gold and Silver mining town of old. Today they sell the historical interest and attraction. We found the remote mountain location and scenery to be magnificient..

This map below gives you an idea where everything lies. North is off to the left in this map. We stayed just to the right or south of Carson City.

Below is a collage of VIrginia City from the railroad overpass just south of town. You can see the train and tracks in the foreground.

A bit of the scenery coming into Virginia City.

We parked at the east end of town, which seemed like the back door, but there was a Chamber of Commerce mining commemorative site complete with public restrooms there. You can see the large Headframe below.

This is a jolly mine cart complete with thoughts of the day.

Steve pauses at a huge mining auger at the commemoritve area; you can see the Virginia City "V" on the hill in the background. Many western cities have their "Letter" on a hill at the edge of town. That's just the way it is in the west.

Comstock is a big name in this area. They called the ore in this area the Comstock Lode.

This is the sole "Filling Station" out here. They had some excellent custom painting on the pumps and station windows. The owner left a hand lettered sign on the door advising he was deer hunting for the week and would be back next week.

The shot below is looking into town from the "Front Door" at the west end of town. It is the residential side of town.

On the residential side of town looking down the hill toward the south.

Now back to where we were, coming into town from the back door industrial side.

A few shots walking thorugh Virginia City, Nevada. The wooden sidewalks were as uneven as the hills. It was a challenge to walk like we were sober.

A couple cowboys ride by the Bucket of Blood Saloon

A few commercial establishments.

Gari meets Sugarbear

More historic structures. Do you see the antique street clock?

There were several old buildings that were saloon-hotels there. I think this was one of the fancier examples. How 'bout that balcony railing; it has seen its' day a long time ago.

Apparently Mark Twain actually worked for the local newspaper here for a year or two. Now they sell that history here.

Another commemorative site of the mining history of the town. This monument was constructed from ore samples from every Nevada county. Most of it is silver ore, which was the Comstock Lode.

There is lots of silver mining history all over the west. We saw similar silver mining examples as far south as Yuma Arizona. It is a pivotal part of the history out here.