RALSTON'S RING : California Plunders the Comstock Lode

Lyman, George D.

Language: English

Published by Charles Scribner's, New York, NY, 1937

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HARDCOVER. Text/Near New. Red cloth boards/VG; sound w/edge & surface rubs, fraying to spine edges, and showing faint discoloration. DJ/None. PO label to fEP verso. Illustrated endpapers including panoramic view of Comstock Mines and the Sutro Tunnel. Biography of William "Billy" Chapman Ralston (1826 - 1875), San Francisco businessman and financier, and founder of the Bank of California financed with silver garnered from Nevada's Comstock Lode. Story of Ralston along with his shrewd band of associates known as "Ralston's Ring", his conflict with Adolph Sutro (1830 - 1898) whose six-mile tunnel through Sun Mountain threatened Ralston's supremacy, through the final collapse of his empire. Illustrated with archival photos and engravings.

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Title
RALSTON'S RING : California Plunders the Comstock Lode
Author
Lyman, George D.
Publisher
Charles Scribner's, New York, NY
Publication year
1937
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition, Printing "A"
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