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Virginia City rose almost overnight after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, becoming one of the richest and most influential cities in the American West.

Today, we'll trace its explosive growth during the silver boom, the fires and economic decline that followed, and how a city built on extraction struggled to survive once the wealth beneath it began to fade.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
1:25 CHAPTER 1: The Accidental Fortune
6:35 CHAPTER 2: The Silver Tsunami
13:14 CHAPTER 3: The Kings of Silver
21:32 CHAPTER 4: Descent into Darkness
29:09 CHAPTER 5: The Surface Illusion
35:48 CHAPTER 6: The Men Who Found Nothing
43:43 CHAPTER 7: The Great Unraveling
53:14 CHAPTER 8: The Hollow Mountain
1:00:54 CHAPTER 9: What Remains

Main sources links:
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starte...
https://www.silverlandinn.com/newsroo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
https://sherilyndecter.com/virginia-c...