Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon

Lecture Series - 2024! “Comstock - Then and Now Part 3” by Joe Curtis & Ron Gallagher
2024-11-14 16:30 - 20:30 UTC
Lecture Series Continues – 2024! “Comstock – Then and Now Part 3” by Joe Curtis & Ron Gallagher
This is the conclusion of an amazing series of lectures by Joe Curtis!
Thursday, November 14th lecture will be Joe Curtis & Ron Gallagher (if health allows) on: “Comstock – Then and Now” – the finale!
Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and lecture starts at 7:00 p.m.
Joe and Ron are back by popular demand to continue their series capturing the Comstock as it has changed through time. This exciting lecture will give you a presentation and photos of the Comstock from the past and contrast them with current pictures of the same locations! The Ron and Joe Show will be featuring never before seen photos; contrasting the mining history of the Comstock with the more modern tourist-based Virginia City and surrounding area.
Including plenty of photos of an earlier period of VC history. Even though this is a stand alone presentation, Joe and Ron will have all new content so if you were present at previous lectures, you don’t want to miss the continuation!
Bio: Joe Curtis
Joe’s family moved to VC in 1958. They bought a building and opened a museum dedicated to the history of life on the Comstock. He grew up amidst the museum and became infatuated with the history of the Comstock and began collecting old photos of the area back in the day.
Bio: Ron Gallagher
Ron is a well know local aged artifact of the Comstock. Raised here, lots of relatives dating well into the lower 1800’s and a head full of Comstock knowledge, recollections. stories and other associated Comstock BS.
Lecture starts at 7:00 p.m. and costs $10 per person.
Come early and enjoy dinner before the lecture! We Serve dinner before the lecture at 4:30, 5:00, & 5:30 p.m.
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Miner's Dinner Night!
2024-11-18 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-25 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-02 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-09 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-16 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-23 16:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-30 16:30 - 20:30 UTC
Back by popular demand, Miner’s Dinner Night featuring a different specialty each week!
1st Monday of the Month – All you can eat Taco Bar for $15
2nd Monday of the Month – “Burger, Beer, and a Shot” or “Burger, Beer, and unlimited fries” for $25 – Ghost Burger or Custom Burger/Cheeseburger made to order
3rd Monday of the Month – All you can eat Pizza buffet $15
4th Monday of the Month – All you can eat Chicken wing buffet $20
5th Monday of the Month (when there is one) – Chef’s Choice surprise!
All the buffets include salad and side items also. Happy hour drink specials available at the bar.
Call to reserve a table today – 775-847-0111

Santa Returns to the Gold Hill Hotel!
2024-12-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sunday Morning, December 15th, The Gold Hill Hotel will be Hosting Santa’s Workshop
The Great Room will be converted to Santa’s work shop for one morning only. Children will be invited to design sugar cookies, roast a marshmallow, drink hot chocolate, make a holiday ornament and meet Santa!
$20 entry per child with proceeds going to Virginia City Middle School Student Leadership

Haunted Ghost Tour at the Gold Hill Hotel tonight!
2025-02-20 17:00 - 21:00 UTC
Welcome to the 2025 Ghost Tour series at the Gold Hill Hotel!
The Gold Hill Hotel (as seen on Ghost Adventures and proclaimed the 8th most haunted location in Nevada) is now offering Historical Ghost Tours. These tours benefit various local charities on the Comstock. Hosted by the Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters (NNGH), your evening will start with a gourmet dinner in the Crown Point restaurant (one of the best restaurants on the Comstock).
After dinner, NNGH will guide you back in time with tales of the history and the hauntings of the hotel and the surrounding area, known as Slippery Gulch. Using ghost hunting tools and techniques, you can try to make contact with the spirits still in residence at the hotel. Please note that you will be touring some of the actual haunted rooms in the hotel as well!
Before the tour or during the intermission, quench your thirst and calm your nerves with a drink in the 150 year old bar, as frequented by Mark Twain back in the day! This is sure to be an evening to remember. Come join us!
Dinner and Tour – only $60.00 per person, gratuity and fees not included.
Tour 1 – Dinner is at 5:30 and the tour starts at 7:00 p.m.
Tour 2 – Dinner is at 7:00 and the tour starts at 8:30 p.m.

Dinner is a set menu of many of our favorite entrees we offer at the hotel! (options may vary)
Tour only – $35 per person.
Tour starts at 7:00 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. depending on which one you sign up for!
** Click the button bellow and fill in the form to make reservations for this exciting evening~! Note: Once this is filled out press the “submit” button. Then a new screen will come up that says “Thank you for your submission.” Furthermore, in 10 minutes you will receive an automatic email confirming your ghost tour sign up. Check your “spam” folder if you don’t see it in your regular email in-basket. You pay for the tour online and select your entrée the night of the tour**
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Haunted Ghost Tour at the Gold Hill Hotel tonight!
2025-03-20 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-10 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-24 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-05-08 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-05-22 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-05-29 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-06-12 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-06-26 17:00 - 21:00 UTC and 3 more dates
Welcome to the 2025 Ghost Tour series at the Gold Hill Hotel!
Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the Gold Hill Hotel, famously featured on Ghost Adventures and celebrated as Nevada’s 8th most haunted destination! For the fifth consecutive year, we’re thrilled to offer our spine-tingling Historical Ghost Tours, where your adventure not only promises thrills but also supports local charities dedicated to historic preservation right here on the Comstock.
Kick off your night with a delectable gourmet dinner at the Crown Point Restaurant, renowned as one of the best dining spots on the Comstock. After satisfying your taste buds, prepare for an extraordinary journey back in time as the Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters (NNGH), a volunteer organization, take you on a captivating exploration of the hotel’s haunted history and the eerie stories of the surrounding Slippery Gulch.
Equipped with ghost-hunting tools and techniques, you’ll have the chance to reach out to the spirits that linger in the hotel—or maybe even connect with a few who have decided to tag along! Don’t miss the opportunity to venture into some of the hotel’s actual haunted rooms, when available!
And before or after your thrilling time with NNGH, why not unwind in the historic 150-year-old bar, once a favorite of Mark Twain? This is more than just a night out; it’s an adventure you won’t want to miss! Join us for an evening filled with history, mystery, and a dash of the supernatural. Reserve your spot now by clicking the link below!
Dinner and Tour – only $60.00 per person, gratuity and fees not included.
Tour 1 – Dinner is at 5:30 and the tour starts at 7:00 p.m.
Tour 2 – Dinner is at 7:00 and the tour starts at 8:30 p.m.

Dinner is a set menu of many of our favorite entrees we offer at the hotel! (options may vary)
Tour only – $35 per person.
Tour starts at 7:00 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. depending on which one you sign up for!
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Kim Harris as “Cad Thompson"
2025-03-27 16:30 - 20:30 UTC
Kim Harris kicks off the 2025 Gold Hill Hotel lecture and entertainment series Thursday night March 27th at the Gold Hill Hotel! She will be doing a Chautauqua performance as Caroline “Cad” Thompson! Lecture starts at 7 p.m.
Caroline “Cad” Thompson (Bio):
She owned the grandest “Parlor House” in Virginia City, NV during the early days of the Comstock Lode. Caroline “Cad” Thompson was born Sarah Hagen in Ireland, in 1827.
She came to the Comstock a shrewd businesswoman, determined to capitalize on the lustful miners’ need for women. She was beloved by her “girls” and had a raucous sense of humor.
Take a moment or two to listen to some tales of her times on the Comstock, and what it was like to walk in the steps of Mark Twain and the reporters of the Territorial Enterprise Newspaper. Cad’s girls were the best girls on the row!
Kim Harris (Bio):
Kim Harris is an accomplished Chautauquan who has portrayed living history characters at various venues including Genoa Cowboy Festival, Pipers Opera House, the Gold Hill Hotel, Granlibakken, Dangberg Historic Park and The Lake Tahoe Chautauqua Festival.
Harris currently serves as Events Manager at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden, NV, and is the owner and operator of Western History ALIVE! where she portrays several Chautauqua characters including Julia Bulette, Charley Parkhurst, Libbie Bacon Custer and Lizzie Borden.
Harris was born and raised at Donner Lake, CA growing up immersed in the history of our West. She enjoys not only sharing what she has learned about our history, but continuously learning from those that have lived it themselves.

Lecture starts at 7:00 p.m. and costs $10 per person.
Come early and enjoy dinner before the lecture! We Serve dinner before the lecture at 4:30, 5, & 5:30
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Restaurant and Bar opens at 3 p.m. today due to private event
2025-04-12 15:00 - 20:30 UTC
The restaurant and bar will open today at 3 p.m. due to a private event here at the hotel.
Dinner service will be from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as usual
The bar will open to the general public at 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. or till “not busy”
Thank you in advance for your understanding.

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Lecture Series Continues! "Business and Commerce on the Comstock 1870s to 1890s"
2025-04-17 16:30 - 20:30 UTC
Lecture Series Continues – Thursday, April 17th with Joe Curtis and Ron Gallagher’s – “Business and Commerce on the Comstock 1870s to 1890s”
We are pleased to continue the 2025 Gold Hill Lecture Series!
Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and lecture starts at 7:00 p.m.
Description: The Comstock’s own Huxsters of History, the VC Relic AKA Ron Gallagher and Prof. E.P. Stinkwater AKA Joe Curtis, will present on the subject of “Business and Commerce on the Comstock 1870s to 1890s”. A mining town can’t exist without a community to support it. Their intention is to pass on the caretaker duties of the true and relatively accurate history of the Comstock to the next keepers thereof. Come soak up the Comstock history stuck in their heads and become a Comstock History Caretaker.
Bios: Ron Gallagher, was born as a young child and raised on the Comstock. His family worked in, owned and operated businesses in Virginia City from the 1870’s into the 1950’s or so. Ron, contrary to some reports which may be fake news, did not attend the Fourth Ward School as a child. He did, however go to school. A career in teaching and private industry and a passion for the history of “his” community places him in a rare position to have absorbed the history. Ron has researched his family history along with general Comstock history for much of his adult Irish life interspersed with occasional “blarney shots”.
Joe Curtis, younger than Ron, was raised in Carson to about age 14, his parents purchased buildings and opened a Comstock history museum and also dealt in the history and artifacts of Comstock life. Joe grew up and later became the care taker of vast stores of original historical source material which he has spent spare time outside two careers researching and stuffing the information into the space between his ears. It now has to be passed on to the future caretakers of Comstock history while he can remember to do so. He is one of the most passionate purveyors of accurate Comstock history. Don’t look him in the eye or he will talk history to you till you get in your car and drive away.
Lecture starts at 7:00 p.m. and costs $10 per person.
Come early and enjoy dinner before the lecture! We Serve dinner before the lecture at 5, 5:30, & 6 p.m.
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Mothers Day Brunch Sunday May 11th - Very Limited Availability
2025-05-11 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We will be serving our famous Champagne Sunday Brunch buffet for Mother’s Day Sunday May 11th from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY – Call or Text 775-847-0111
Come in for a Mimosa or one of our famous V&T Bloody Mary’s, and Carved Ham and Country Potatoes! Our chef will prepare an array of delicious brunch items for all to enjoy. *Some breakfast items will be replaced with delicious lunch items later in the day.
Treat Mom to a great day starting with a wonderful brunch at the world famous Gold Hill Hotel and Crown Point Restaurant! $9 Famous V&T Bloody Mary’s and Mimosa’s!

Adults – $29.99 *Champagne available for an additional charge
Children under 12 – $15.00

call/text 775-847-0111 to make reservations!

Lecture series continues! Rae and Mark Davis - Surgeon Jonathan Letterman, the "Father of Modern Military Medicine"
2025-05-15 16:30 - 20:30 UTC
Thursday, May 15th with Surgeon Jonathan Letterman, the “Father of Modern Military Medicine”
We are pleased to continue the 2025 Lecture Series!
Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and lecture starts at 7:00 p.m.
Description: Join Mark and Rae Davis for a discussion about the fascinating life and legacy of Civil War Surgeon Jonathan Letterman that earned him the title, “The Father of Modern Military Medicine,” and how his achievements touch our civilian lives each and every day.
Attendees will get to view both reproduction and original Civil War medical instruments, medicines, weaponry, and more! In addition, we will discuss a little bit about our upcoming documentary on Surgeon Letterman. We promise to deliver a highly interesting talk that you won’t want to miss!
Bio: Rae Davis currently resides in Murphys, Ca, with her husband, Mark She grew up in Calaveras County where she raised her two children. She is also grandmother of one.
In 1990 Rae joined the National Civil War Association, a living history group based in Northern California. At the time, the NCWA was the largest combined Civil War reenactment group in the world. For 8 years she taught the public about the medical practices of the Union Army Medical Service and headed up the speaker’s bureau for the organization. After leaving the NCWA in 1998, Rae continued to lecture at various venues for a few more years. She recently retired from the floral industry after 35 years of designing to continue work in the film industry as a producer. Although she doesn’t get to teach others about the medical practices of the Civil War as much as she’d like to, it is never far from her heart and looks forward to continuing her studies of the subject.
Lecture starts at 7:00 p.m. and costs $10 per person.
Come early and enjoy dinner before the lecture! We Serve dinner before the lecture at 4:30, 5, & 5:30 p.m.
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4th of July Early Dinner at the Gold Hill Hotel
2025-07-04 15:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for a very special 4th of July Early Dinner from 3pm-7pm! Celebrate Independence Day with an amazing dinner before watching the fantastic VC fireworks.
Saloon will be open from 12pm-7pm also for those that just want to stop for a cold beverage.
We will be serving our regular dinner menu with a few specials for the occasion. Call or text 775-847-0111 to make a reservation today.

The Gold Hill Hotel Cordially Invites you to our Annual Summer Wine Dinner! - Not open to public for dinner if not attending event
2025-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
We are having a beautiful 6 course dinner with each course being masterfully paired with a variety of wines.
Seating starts at 6:00 p.m., dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. on July 11th at the Gold Hill Hotel and Crown Point Restaurant
Hosted by Wine Expert D. “Smitty” Smith of Regency Wines – “Worldwide Artisan Wines & Spirits”
1st Course – Fresh Berry and Mellow Salad
Iris Vineyards, Pinot Gris, Williamette Valley, Oregon (2022)
2nd Course – Summer Ribeye Chili
Bliss Family Vineyards Rose, Mendocino, California (2022)
3rd Course – Spicy Honey BBQ Chicken
Russell Joyce Gamay Noir, Arroyo Seco, Central Coast (2023)
4th Course – Classic Tenderloin Pulled Pork Sliders with Homestyle Coleslaw
Domino De Punctum, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla Tempranillo, Spain (2022)
5th Course – Grilled Raspberry Chipotle Tri-tip with Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Lido Bay Wine, Mutiny, Central Coast (2013)
6th Course – Black Cherry Ricotta Cheesecake
Montmartre Rose Sec, France, NV
COST IS $100.00 PER PERSON
** Tax is included, however please tip your server as gratuity is not included. No refunds.
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Lecture Series Continues! Jean-Guy T. Dubé presents "Depots of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad"
2025-07-17 16:30 - 20:00 UTC
We are pleased to continue our 2025 Lecture Series!
Thursday, July 17th lecture will be Jean-Guy T. Dubé on: “Depots of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad”
Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and lecture starts at 7:00 p.m.
Lecture Description:
Depots of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. When one asks about Nevada’s railroad history, immediately the Virginia & Truckee Railroad is remembered. Beginning with its first spike driven on September 28, 1869, the railroad carried the ore and riches of the Comstock Lode, the lumber and supplies to build Virginia City and its mines, connected to the Central Pacific Railroad’s transcontinental route in Reno, provided service to our state’s capital Carson City. In 1906 the V&T expanded with a branch to connect and ship the agricultural wealth of the Carson Valley from Minden. V&T’s locomotives were stars in movies, passengers gave way to railfans and tourists, riding the rails until its closing day on May 31, 1950. There is much V&T legacy that continues, so grab a free ticket to ride and see the V&T’s depots and wayside structures as we steam down the rails of Nevada history.
Bio of Lecturer:
Jean-Guy T. Dubé works for the State Historic Preservation Office of Nevada as the National and State Register of Historic Places Coordinator. He is a member of the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Southern Pacific Historic & Technical Society, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society, and many others. Dubé received the national Leicester B. Holland Prize in 2017 from the Library of Congress and National Park Service. He is an author, architectural draftsman and historian. He has studied Southern Pacific depots since 1983 and is the author of Railroad Depots: A Southern Pacific Collection. Mr. Dubé will have copies of his book for sale and signing at the lecture.
Please call or text 775-847-0111 or use the form below to reserve your spot:

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"On Your 6" - Veteran Owned Bourbon Whiskey Tasting
2025-08-01 16:30 - 18:30 UTC
Friday August 1st: Complimentary Whiskey and Appetizers – Try Veteran Owned “On Your Six” Bourbon Whiskey. You are invited to stop by and try our favorite new bourbon that has an amazing flavor and a better story. Stop by from 4:30pm-6:30pm for your free tasting and finger foods. We will also be serving “On Your Six” Bourbon Whiskey specials all weekend for Hot August nights. See you then!
