The New Student's Reference Work/Carson City, Nev.

Carson City, Nev., the seat of Ormsby County and the capital of the state, is on the Virginia & Truckee Railway, 12 miles east of Lake Tahoe at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and 30 miles south of Reno. It lies in a fertile region, its chief industries being mining, lumbering and agricultural operations. Besides its gold and silver mines (and here is the noted Comstock Lode), there are hot springs in the region. Settled in 1858, the town became the capital three years later, while in 1875 it received its charter as a city. Within the city are the state and federal buildings, including a branch mint, and in the neighborhood are a U. S. government Indian School and the state prison. Its population, which has declined of recent years, was in 1910 but 2,466.