NV Gov. James Nye had been the President of the Metropolitan Board of Police Adah Menken flees the riots in New York for California
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Virginia City booms again
The Gould and Curry hit the ledge with a 430 foot tunnel below A Street. A $10,000 lump of silver was blasted by one load. The quality was passable but the papers, TE and Gold Hill Union conspired to puff it up. It boomed and the mining company quickly raised huge capital for two mills. […]
Sam writes bragging about himself from SF
Sam writes home nothing about Orion’s victory but instead of how popular he is in CA – the state he just called wretched, he now calls paradise.