Virginia City
a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.
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How to use Virginia City in a sentence
He had the court staff digging through the old Virginia City mining claims.
So he rode home to call Virginia City, to ask for his foster brother-in-law.
The office, and Virginia City generally, quickly grew fond of him, delighting in his originality and measured speech.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineIn Virginia City he mingled with the turmoil of the Comstock and set down what he saw and thought, in his native speech.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe Virginia City people had heard many famous lectures before, but they were mere sideshows compared with Mark's.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
Just before entering the main pass we come to the junction of a branch-road from Virginia City.
It isn't far from Virginia City and is the capital of Nevada.
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