Virginia City, capital of Storey county, Nevada, is built, 6200 feet above the sea, on the eastern side of Mount Davidson, 21 miles by rail NNE. of Carson. It owes its existence to its silver-mines, the principal being the Comstock Lode (q.v.) and the Big Bonanza. Pop. (1880) 10,917; (1890) 6377.
Virginia City,
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