John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age - Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History - Michael J. Makley - Books - University of Nevada Press - 9780874177701 - February 15, 2009
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John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age - Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History


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Presents the biography of John Mackay, one of the successful miner in the West. This book shows how he came west to seek his fortune in the California Gold Rush, then moved on to Virginia City, Nevada, where he operated silver mines and discovered the 'Big Bonanza' that was three times as rich as any other Comstock strike.


296 pages, 21 b/w photographs

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 15, 2009
ISBN13 9780874177701
Publishers University of Nevada Press
Pages 296
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 25 mm   ·   558 g

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