Virginia City
Escurial Lodge No. 7, F. & A.M., delivered a $2,500 boost to Virginia City schools last week. Of that, $2,000 went to the high school auto shop program for a race car engine rebuild, and $500 to the Storey County School District for general classroom needs. The
Editor's Note
After careful consideration, I have given my resignation as editor of the Comstock Chronicle. As most of you are aware, the Chronicle is owned by the Comstock Foundation. As their board decides how and if to move forward with their support of the paper, I have decided to step aside.
Arts & Culture
It is my duty to inform our subscribers that there will not be a printed edition of your favorite newspaper this week. For the contributors and team of the Comstock Chronicle, this newspaper is a labor of love. Far from a profitable enterprise, it is a chance for each of
Editor's Note
Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the dealings with one another; sympathy begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a
Editor's Note
We live in exciting times. Then again, it may just be that living chronologically is always an exciting experience. Was there ever a boring time? I can't remember one, at least on the Comstock. Reno, perhaps. Back to my point. Things move fast these days. Words, in particular,
Editor's Note
It's a dichotomy. Two of my favorite sounds are the vast, sweeping silence of the Nevada desert and the hearty rumble of a V8 engine. As the annual Ferrari Hill Climb event circled Gold Hill, I found a smile spreading across my face. The Ferrari V12, after all,
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How does that old Latin saying go? Something about seizing the carp. Carpe Diem, that's it! Seize the day! Or in Steph Norby's case, seize the camel. Carpe Camelum, as it were. Not content to stand on the sidelines, our very own assistant editor and talented
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I'm excited to see that the Dayton Depot is making progress in the efforts to rebuild. For Gold Rush era towns, the loss of historic buildings to fire is an all too familiar story, but Dayton has had more than its fair share. We are sadly unique in
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The Nevada desert has a complex relationship with water, as has been illustrated in recent days. On the one hand, there's that smell of rain on sagebrush and awe-inspiring cloud formations and lightning strikes seen miles in the distance, out across the flats towards Lahontan. On the
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I sometimes lovingly refer to Jim Clark as "The Most Interesting Man on the Comstock." It almost goes without saying that the Comstock is the most interesting place in the world, so the reader can draw their own conclusions about Jim's global status. In a word,
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On Wednesday morning, I visited the Silver Terrace Cemetery, where vandals recently toppled 21 headstones in a sad act of vandalism. The Comstock’s spirit doesn’t falter, and a group has already come together to begin the work of restoration. They had started early, and by the time I