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Yirginia Consolidated, claim on 



Comstock 99 



Virginia Oonsolidated,operations of. 169 

 Yirginia group of ore-bodies . . 40, 52, 78 



arrangement of 78 



product of 76,78 



Virginia Eange, described 11, 95 



altitude of 12 



structure of 13, 14 



geological succes- 

 sion of comi^osing 



rocks 17,18 



drainage of 15, 16 



altitude of points 



in 16 



Yivipara , 465 



Volcanic rocks of tbeToyabeEange. 324 



Wages in Comstock mines 147 



Wagner, W. A 471 



Wabsatcb Mountains 1, 2, 451 



Walker Eiver 11 



Ward district, Boulder County, Col- 

 orado 490 



Washoe district 7, 11 



general geology of. 12,19 



Washoe Peak 13 



Washoe process of working ore 195 



chemistry of. 273,286, 



293 



Waters of the Comstock lode 51 



temperature of 84 



quantitative analysis of. . . 87, 88 

 Water, quantity used in wet crush- 

 ing in Washoe 216, 217 



Water, measurement of 216 



cost of, in Washoe mills . . . 232 



at White Pine 441 



consumption of, in Colorado 

 mills 557 



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Watson, Joseph, cited 597, 607 



Wells, Fargo & Company's Exjiress . 97 

 West Humboldt Eange, rocks of . . 309 



Wheeler, Lieut. G. M., cited 347, 409 



Wheeler's pan 218,219 



gib-tappet 211 



White, A. P., State mineralogist . . 98 

 White and Murphy, mining claim 



on Comstock 99 



White Piue Mountains 409 



district, geology of 409 



discovery of 422 



minerals of 421 



mining and milling in . . 422 

 age of silver-bearing 



rocks 6,413,415 



modes of occurrence of 



ore 418,419 



ore, analysis of 420 



cost of mining 432 



cost of milling 435 



milling and mills. . . 433, 437 



bullion product of 438 



fuel and water 441 



White Pine Water Works 442 



Whitlatch Union 369, 374 



Whitney, Professor J. D., cited. 3, 8, 9, 14^ 



19, 461, 463 



WUd, General E. A 350, 372 



Wilson and Cass Company 614 



Winnebago lode, near Central City. 545 

 near Georgetown. 600 

 Winters and Kiistel, claim on Com- 

 stock. '. 99 



Wisconsin CaSon ... 342 



Wright, Mr., cited 403 



Yankee Blade, near Austin . . .". 369, 374 

 Yellow Jacket mine, on Comstock . 44,45, 



99 



