Tag: lyon county

Sutro’s Tunnel Vision By David Moore In the early 1860s Adolph Sutro, a 30-year-old Prussian who ran a cigar business in San Francisco, joined the rush...

Third District Court Hearing Explores Keller and Hastings Potential Conflict of Interest A hearing in the Comstock Residents Association lawsuit against Lyon County and Comstock...

The struggle over pit mining in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark has shifted south through Devil's Gate from Storey to Lyon County. ...

It was at this point in the calendar that local residents on the Comstock Lode began to hear about a scheme to pit mine...