Wright, William
Author of History of the Big Bonanza (1877), an account of the Comstock lode.
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1877History of the big bonanza: an authentic account ... of the world renowned Comstock silver lode ...
A history of the Comstock lode in Nevada. Pp. 354-355 discuss coinage in circulation and the possibility of being short-changed, which became part of the rationale for the twenty-cent piece.
