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Article: The treasure of Virginia City.(includes Virginia City travel planner)(Virginia City, Montana)
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- Sunset
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- July 1, 1999
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Discover the authentic riches of Montana's best Gold Rush town
Lying in the scrubby foothills of southwest Montana like a nugget in a grit-filled pan, Virginia City is the best-preserved 19th-century Gold Rush town you're likely to find anywhere in the West.
It's not to be confused with Virginia City, Nevada, which staked its claim to fame on the enormous silver deposits of the Comstock Lode. This Virginia City burst on the scene in the spring of 1863, when, in a classic strike-it-rich scenario, a roving party of six itinerant prospectors just happened to stumble onto the world's richest deposit of placer gold (found in gravel creek beds). After the ...