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C. J. Prescott House12 Hickey StreetHas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1864
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME98_gould-curry-offices_Virginia-City-NV.html
The Gould and Curry Mining Company was founded in the Spring of 1859 by Alvah (Alva) Gould and Abraham Curry. The original claim was just over 900 feet of the Comstock Lode between the Best & Belcher and the Savage mines. Both men later sold their…
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Once the residence of John Mackay, this elegant mansion also served as the office for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. Mackay, an Irish-born immigrant, was the richest man the Comstock ever produced. Built in the 1860s, this building survived the…
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The Gould & Curry Mining Co. office escaped the 1875 fire to also become the home of John Mackay, "Boss" of the Big Bonanza, which made him the richest man in the Comstock (over $100,000,000 ). Mackay also founded the Postal Telegraph CompanyState…
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[Located in the center of town is a monument on which there is mounted six markers commemorating historical events and people of Virginia City]
West Side - Front of Monument:In June of 1859 in Gold Canyon, a second group of Prospectors found th…
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This Carpenter Gothic Church was built at a cost of $12,000.
It is listed as No. 301 of the American Presbyterian & Reformed Historic Sites.