However there's much more to Virginia City, just Below the Surface.

The 19th century mining bonanza turned Virginia City into the most important industrial city between Denver and San Francisco, and it turned destitute prospectors from all over the world into millionaires.

Among the finest examples is San Francisco, a city built with Comstock silver.

The Ophir, Gould, Curry and Consolidated Virginia mines— those consisting of the "Big Bonanza" of 1873—brought out at least 0 million in mineral deposits and made telecommunications giant John Mackay a virtual overnight millionaire.

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