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It examines geological formation of world-class deposits, major expeditions and cultural encounters, and the social and economic changes triggered by California Gold. Later sections address settlement patterns, mining districts, key towns and mines, and the people and institutions that sustained growth through boom periods and hardships.","A History of\nSMOKY VALLEY,\nNEVADA\n\u000f\nA History of\nSMOKY VALLEY,\nNEVADA\nRobert D. McCracken\nCentral Nevada Historical Society\nTonopah Nevada\n\u000f\nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.\nA History of Smoky Valley, Nevada\nby Robert D. McCracken\n© Copyright 1997 by\nRobert D. McCracken\nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-067669\nISBN: 0-9652908-2-4\nDesigned by Paul Cirac, White Sage Studios, Virginia City, Nevada\nCover design by Erin Kirk New, Watkinsville, Georgia\nComposition by Jean 0. Charney, Fort Collins, Colorado\nPrinted in the United States of America\n\u000f\nTo the memory of my father, Robert G. McCracken, a true man of the West.\n\u000f\nContents\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"preface\" \u0014Preface\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"knowledge\" \u0014Acknowledgments\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK  \\l \"one\" \u0014PART ONE The Early History of Central Nevada\n1 - Prologue: Origin of a World-Class Gold Mine\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"bang\" \u0014The Big Bang\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"stars\" \u0014Stars: The Engines of Creation\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"cookers\" \u0014Star Cookers\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"crust\" \u0014The Earth's Crust Develops\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"rise\" \u0014The Mountains Rise\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"deposit\" \u0014Making a Gold Deposit\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"origin\" \u0014Origin of a World-Class Gold Deposit\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"two\" \u00142 - Smoky Valley: The First Inhabitants\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"terrain\" \u0014The Terrain\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"environment\" \u0014The Environment\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"clovis\" \u0014The Clovis First Theory\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"remnants\" \u0014The Search for Remnants\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"tonopah\" \u0014Paleolithic Life at Lake Tonopah\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"archaic\" \u0014The Pre-Archaic Period\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"surviving\" \u0014Surviving the Archaic Period\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"numic\" \u0014The Numic Spread Theory\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"west\" \u0014The Western Shoshone\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"white\" \u0014The Coming of the White Man\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"notes1\" \u0014Notes\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"three\" \u00143 - Exploration of Central Nevada\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"phantom\" \u0014The Phantom River\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"crosses\" \u0014A White Man Crosses the Great Basin\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"snake\" \u0014Ogden's Snake Country Expeditions\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"walker\" \u0014Walker's Expedition to California\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"great\" \u0014Fremont Names the Great Basin\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"simpson\" \u0014Simpson's Better Route to California\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"burton\" \u0014Burton Describes Smoky Valley\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"cultures\" \u0014A Collision of Cultures\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"four\" \u00144 - California Gold Sets the Stage\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"metals\" \u0014Precious Metals in Early America\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"early\" \u0014Early Gold Discoveries in California\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"sutters\" \u0014The Gold at Sutter's Mill\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"gold\" \u0014Gold! 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Gold!\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"exper\" \u0014An Experiment in Genuine Democracy\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"district\" \u0014The Mining District—A Community of Equals\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"social\" \u0014Technology Brings Social Change\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"coterie\" \u0014A Coterie of Prospectors\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"mindset\" \u0014The Western Mindset\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK  \\l \"two\" \u0014PART TWO Smoky Valley\n5 - Settlement of Smoky Valley\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"virginia\" \u0014The Comstock Lode and Virginia City\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"aurora\" \u0014The Booms at Aurora and Austin\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"multiply\" \u0014Mining Districts Multiply\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"toiyab\" \u0014Towns and Mines in the Toiyabes\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"ophire\" \u0014The Murphy Mine and Mill at Ophir City\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"toiyabe\" \u0014Life in Toiyabe City\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"toq\" \u0014Towns and Mines in the Toquimas\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"ranchers\" \u0014Ranchers Service the Boom at Smoky Valley\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"stages\" \u0014Smoky Valley Stations and Stages\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"salt\" \u0014The Smoky Valley Salt Field\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"muir\" \u0014John Muir Visits Smoky Valley\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"geodetic\" \u0014The U.S. Geodetic Survey Station on Arc Dome\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"rich\" \u0014Nevada—The Last Chance to Strike it Rich\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"notes1\" \u0014Notes\u0015\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"six\" \u00146 - 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