| Top--A view almost directly eastward to the Mackay Mansion (constructed in 1860) on D Street in Virginia City, Nevada, home of John William Mackay, one of the four so-called Bonanza Kings of the Comstock Lode, who made fortunes in Virginia City silver mining and other industrial ventures. In 1908, the widow and son of John William Mackay (born 1831 in Ireland, died 1902 in London, England) presented to the University of Nevada Reno the Mackay School of Mines building. A Google Earth Street Car perspective, originally captured in June 2019, that I edited and processed through photoshop. Bottom--Looking west across Virginia City, Nevada. Photograph courtesy Chuck Holton, who captured it on 4-10-2006. |