Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon

Ghost Tour Tonight at Gold Hill Hotel - Bat's in the Belfry!
2017-10-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-09-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-09-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Crown Point restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel at 7 p.m. and then take a ghostly ghost tour of the haunted rooms at the Gold Hill Hotel at 8 p.m. $40 for both dinner and the tour! Tours run by the pros at “Bat’s in the Belfry” ghost tours in Virginia City! Please call 775-815-1050 to sign up for the dinner and tour.
This ghost tour features some of the most haunted rooms at the Gold Hill Hotel, as featured twice in the “Ghost Hunters” TV program.
Here are some reviews of some people that have been on the “Bat’s in the Belfry” ghost tours. This is what people say about the tour:
Lots of fun tour guides interesting
We went to Virginia City over Halloween to look for ghosts. Did both the ghost hunt and paranormal investigation. The crew was fun and knowledgeable. We visited several spots on the hunt and two locations on the investigation. I would say this is a must do even if you are a skeptic there is no judgment either way with this group. Since you are trying to locate and communicate with those who have passed little ones are not a good idea but adult adventure all the way. Thanks for the good time.
Fun & Interesting
This tour was quite fun & quite interesting, so much so it seemed like it was over in a flash.
Due to brutally cold weather, complete with accompanying nasty winds, we didn’t get to do much outside, but that may have actually worked in our favor because in lieu of that we got to do a lot of work upstairs in the Silver Queen with a bonus of doing an extensive flashlight tour of the upper floors in the Washoe Club.
The tour folks provide a select # of electronic instruments for you to help look for electronic abnormalities so if you’re lucky enough to get one it’s really cool! They also had a K2 meter which they operated & it did go off a few times during our walking around. Some tour patrons had their own electronic ghost detecting gear, which the use of was fully supported by the tour folks.
I highly recommend this tour for the price it was well worth the hour or so of our time. Would do it again (hopefully in the summer next time).
The ghost tour was fantastic. Parts of Virginia City that I never knew existed!
We hired Debbie and her crew for our annual Victorian Steampunk Ball in Virginia City. Our group was almost 50 people strong so we had two groups for the tour. The information and history was fantastic. Loved the fact that the tour participants get to carry EMF detectors. We even got to meet Cassandra the girl ghost. She set off our devices. Highly recommend this tour and our group seconds that opinion. Thank you so much Debbie. Don’t miss this one.

Enjoy a romantic evening! Guitarist Jack Di Carlo performing tonight
2017-09-29 17:30 - 20:00, 2017-09-22 17:30 - 20:00, 2017-09-15 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We will be featuring the romantic acoustic guitar stylings of Jack Di Carlo in our main dining room this evening from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Take your special someone out to dinner tonight and enjoy this romantic music.
Try our Certified Angus Filet Mignon in a sauteed mushroom Demi glaze. Or how about fresh Atlantic Salmon or Shrimp Scampi featuring Jumbo Tiger Prawns?
After dinner, savor a drink in our world famous bar, as frequented by Mark Twain back in the day!

Piano Bar tonight at the Gold Hill!
2017-09-24 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Get back into the spirit of the day and sit down at our classic retro piano bar! Have a cocktail and sing along with John to some classic Sinatra songs or even something from the Beatles or Neil Diamond! Song books will be provided so you have all the words, or feel free to ask John about another song you might have in mind and sing out some piano karaoke! Your choice! If nobody else is singing, John Shipley will be playing and singing some classic songs from the last 50 years, so you will always be entertained!
Dinner special for $7.99! So cheap food, plus we have our new Bar Menu for snacks around the bar. Or come early and have a steak in our fine dining restaurant, we have the best steaks on the Comstock!
Piano bar goes from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. We have well drinks for $4 and domestic beers for $3.50! Sit outside on our lighted patio and watch the sunset! We have one of the best views on the Comstock!
See you here!

Stewart Proud Eagle Grant ~ The Life and Spirit of Chief Crazy Horse
2017-09-21 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Thursday night at the Gold Hill Hotel. Lecture starts at 7 p.m.
Stewart is Lakota Sioux. He has spent 22 years researching the life and spirit of Crazy Horse. He is also an actor who has appeared in a number of movies such as “Geronimo” and “Switchback.” Appeared as a featured player in such TV shows as “Murder She Wrote” and has done voice offer work on such pictures as the Disney classic “Pocahontas.”
He has written a full-length feature film on the War Chief’s life story and he will share his experience writing this feature film, which will bring you into how this film was written.
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time due to diner volume.

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Piano Bar starts at the Gold Hill Hotel! Featuring John Shipley on Piano!
2017-09-17 18:30 - 21:30 UTC

Lecture Series Continues! Laura Tennant – Dayton: Nevada’s First China Town
2017-09-14 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Thursday night at the Gold Hill Hotel. Lecture starts at 7 p.m. Dayton was Nevada’s first Chinatown, circa 1858 – 1861. Learn why the Chinese ended up in Nevada, how and where they lived and more. Old newspaper articles have helped tell the story. This is the fascinating story about one of Nevada’s earliest cultures at its best.
Laura Tennant is a native of Silver City, Nevada and was primarily educated in Nevada one-room schoolhouses. Laura served as manager-editor of the Dayton Courier-Fernley Leader newspaper for 18 years, where she was also a reporter, columnist and photographer. She currently writes columns for the Leader-Courier-Mason Valley News and Comstock Chronicle and VC News and is the published author of the book, “Dayton: Images of America,” of which, all proceeds go to the Historical Society of Dayton Valley.
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Jack Di Carlo performs in our restaurant tonight!
2017-09-10 17:30 - 20:00 UTC
Famous Comstock guitarist, Jack Di Carlo, performs in our restaurant tonight from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Please enjoy the wonderful playing from Jack while you are enjoying a fine steak or salmon in our dining room tonight!
Makes for super special evening. Enjoy a cocktail on our new outside patio and watch the sunset! We have some of the best views on the Comstock!

Lecture Series: James Clark – The “History of Trains and Western Movies” from 1903 to present
2017-09-07 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
This lecture is by James Clark, one of the foremost experts in trains and motion pictures having worked for over thirty years in the movie business. He has handled all aspects of movie film production from scouting locations, equipment acquisition, transportation, to set dressing, acting and driving trains in the movies. He is a licensed locomotive engineer for both steam and diesel. Also, SAG / AFTRA. Acting / Stunts. He has been there and done that!
Jim has worked on 100’s of movies, this is just a partial list:
“Water For Elephants” – “Wild Wild West” – “Lethal Weapon 4” – “Eraser” – “Under Seige II” – “Fast and the Furious” – “Switch Back” – “Dr. Quinn” – “X-Files” – “Money Train” – “Into The West”
Please come and listen to his presentation! He is the best in the business and has plenty of great movie footage to watch as well as narrating and answering all of your questions!
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Athena performs tonight in our Great Room!
2017-09-02 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Come listen to the magical singer/ songwriter Athena performing in our Great Room tonight from 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Should be a great time! Come early and have dinner in our fine restaurant before the show!

Lecture series tonight! Michael Fischer - The most nefarious Comstock Native - The Life of James Carmichael McKay
2017-08-31 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
McKay was born on the Comstock, and lived part of his life there. He was part of the Tonopah boom owning saloons there. He was a bootlegger and also likely involved in illicit narcotics. By 1923 he was in Reno and he and his partner would own the largest clubroom (casino) in America, the largest house of prostitution in western Nevada and the fanciest nightclub, speakeasy and gambling joint outside of downtown. He would associate with two men who became America’s most wanted criminals, Baby Face Nelson and Alvin Creepy Karpis! He would serve time in Leavenworth and marry a child movie star. He died in the 1960’s from complications of dementia and other diseases. This is one interesting native!
Michael Fischer works for the Nevada Historical Society
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Thursday Lecture this week - Stony Tennant - The Homestead Act
2017-08-24 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Lecture subject: Settling of the West: Public Lands and the U.S. Homestead Acts
Stony Tennant began collecting Dayton historical artifacts when he settled here at the old Sutro Tunnel site in the early 1960s. During those years, he also cowboyed and mined throughout northern Nevada. Tennant is a charter member of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley and is a lost-art blacksmith, a collector of historic Dayton farm and mining tools and a local Native American historian. The owner/operator of Tennant Construction, general engineering and building contractor, for 40 years, Tennant served on the Lyon County Planning Commission 10 years and volunteered for numerous Dayton community projects and events, including the construction of the Dayton Valley Events Center, restoring the Carson & Colorado Railroad Depot and Dayton 4-H Community Club. He also served six years with the United States Marine Corps and is a Vietnam Veteran
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Lecture series continues! Laura Tennant – The Making of the Misfits
2017-08-10 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Just image!! It was August 1960 when Hollywood’s favorite stars, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter arrived in Dayton, Nevada to film the “The Misfits” directed by Hollywood notables: director, John Huston, producer, Frank Taylor and Arthur Miller, Marilyn’s husband then, who wrote the movie script specifically for her performance.
See photographs and learn why the movie was primarily filmed in Dayton, about little known details of what really went on behind the scenes and stories of how the residents of the small historic town of Dayton reacted to having Hollywood’s’ most rich and famous shooting live movie scenes on their streets and at the 1860’s Odeon Saloon & Billiard Parlor on Pike Street, a building that had not been open for business since 1941.
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Ghost Tour tonight!
2017-08-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Crown Point followed by a ghost tour of the Gold Hill Hotel. For more information and to make reservations please call 775-815-1050

Private Special Event at Gold Hill - Dinner - Restaurant closed
2017-08-04 16:00 - 20:00 UTC
Hello All,
We are having a private rehearsal dinner on Friday, August 4th from 5 p.m. to approximately 8 p.m. So dinner will not be served this evening in the restaurant.
Please note that the bar will be open at 6 p.m. until “no busy” so at least you can grab a drink after dinner in town!
Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Alan Coyner - Why is there so much gold in Nevada?
2017-08-03 17:00 - 20:30 UTC
Even though Nevada is known as “The Silver State”, gold mining is the dominant mineral commodity produced in the state today. In 2015 Nevada produced 5.34 million ounces of gold valued at $6.19 billion. This accounted for 83% of the U.S. production and 5.5% of the world production. Only China, Australia, and Russia produced more gold in 2015 than the state of Nevada. Where did all this gold come from? Why did the prospectors heading to the California Gold Rush travel right past it? This lecture will answer those questions and more as we dig deep into the goldfields of Nevada.
Mr. Coyner worked as an exploration geologist for a number of mining companies during his career. He also served as Administrator of the Division of Minerals for the State of Nevada. He reported to the Commission on Mineral Resources and the Governor. So who would know better about this lecture topic?
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Lecture series - Joe Curtis - What happened to all the Old Buildings?
2017-07-27 17:00 - 20:30 UTC
** Note from Patrick at the Gold Hill Hotel – As of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 7/25 – we are all sold out for this event! **
Joe explains his lecture: My parents moved to Virginia City in 1958 when they bought a building and opened a museum dedicated to the history of life on the Comstock. I grew up amidst the museum and became infatuated (no, fanatical) with the history of this area and began collecting all the old photos I came across for the remainder of my life….at least to this point.
I will be presenting my personal collection of photos of what WAS there and some of what is in that place now. Photos you have likely never seen before. Naked buildings with all their outer wear removed. What happened to the hundreds of buildings that were on the Comstock? The nature of their demise. This lecture will give you so answers. So, the next time you walk down the street in Virginia City you will have a whole new feel of what you would have been walking past in the 1880’s or so.
Lecture is $5. Come for dinner and the lecture! We are currently accepting reservations for 5 p.m., 5:30, 5:45, and 6 p.m. Email Pat with your name, time of reservation and number in party: pat@gold-hill-hotel-saloon-b49f0b.ingress-baronn.ewp.live
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

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Mark McLaughlin - Colorful Characters of the Comstock
2017-07-20 17:00 - 20:30 UTC
Mark McLaughlin will present a fast-paced slideshow about the cast of characters that make the history of Nevada’s Comstock silver boom so fascinating. This snapshot history profiles the experiences of Mark Twain, George Hearst, “Crazy Sutro,” Hermann Schussler, Ellie Orrum, Sen. William Sharon, Julia Bulette and many more!
Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture. Due to the crazy interest in the lecture series, and the fact that we are selling out each week, we will have to closely monitor the sign ups for this lecture series.
There are 30 spots available for people attending dinner and the lecture.
There are 20 spots available for the lecture only.
Priority goes to those who chose the dinner and the lecture.

Dinner reservations are at: 5:00 p.m., 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, & 6:00 p.m. We will let you know if we will need to revise your reservation time to due to diner volume.

Please use this form to sign up:

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Lecture series - Ernie Winters
2017-07-13 17:00 - 20:30 UTC
Color Photography of Virginia City in the 1950’s! Vibrant Kodachrome images from back in the day!
Ernie Winters is a local photographer. Ernie is a huge supporter of the CFHC and has donated valuable photography work for the CFHC. He contributed a Photo Essay on the Historic Sutro Tunnel Site Tour Event last year. Ernie owns Comstock Photography: His photograph work is amazing! Check out his work on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/comstockphotographyerniewinters/
Ernie will be sharing Color Photography of Virginia City in the 1950’s. It is a photograph collection from a photographer who captured various areas around the Comstock. Ernie returned to each location at the near to exact time of the year and recaptured the photo in recent times. Will be very interesting! Especially if you like photography or history of Virginia City from the 1950’s!
Lecture is $5. Come for Dinner and the Lecture! Currently, we are accepting reservations for dinner at 5 p.m., 5:30, 5:45, and 6 p.m.

Lecture series continues with "Weird Haunted Virginia City" tonight!
2017-06-29 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Come to the haunting! Arline La Ferry is a Nevada Historical Society docent and 35-year historian. Arline is considered an expert in research especially the history of Virginia City, Nevada. Sandie LaNae is a psychic, paranormal Investigator, author and TV show host.
Lectures are $5 per person. Make an evening of it and dine in the Crown Point Restaurant. Lecture packages include a lecture and a dinner for $25, or a lecture with dinner and 2 drinks for $35.
Drinks include all well drinks or domestic beer and wine. Alternately, you may order any drinks directly form the bar, whatever your heart desires!
Lectures start at 7 p.m. so come earlier for dinner at around 5 or 6 p.m.
Email Pat for reservations – pat@gold-hill-hotel-saloon-b49f0b.ingress-baronn.ewp.live or call the office and leave your name and number in the party for reservations – 775-847-0111

Wedding event at Gold Hill Hotel
2017-06-25 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
The Bar will be opening later today due to a Wedding event at the hotel. Bar will open to the general public at 5 p.m. today instead of 4 p.m.
Dinner may be had in the great room or bar between 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. We will be featuring a “Nevada BBQ” tonight!
Thank you for your understanding!

Lecture Series Presents Linda Clements on Carson and Colorado Railroad!
2017-06-23 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Dayton historian Linda Clements speaks on The Carson & Colorado Railroad and Dayton’s 1881 Depot.
Lectures are $5 per person. Make an evening of it and dine in the Crown Point Restaurant. Lecture packages include a lecture and a dinner for $25, or a lecture with dinner and 2 drinks for $35.
Drinks include all well drinks or domestic beer and wine. Alternately, you may order any drinks directly form the bar, whatever your heart desires!
Lectures start at 7 p.m. so come earlier for dinner at around 5 or 6 p.m.
Email Pat for reservations – pat@gold-hill-hotel-saloon-b49f0b.ingress-baronn.ewp.live or call the office and leave your name and number in the party for reservations – 775-847-0111

Special Private Event at the Gold Hill
2017-06-22 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
The dining room will be closed tonight for a private event. Guests of the hotel and others may enjoy dinner in the great room or bar. Tri-tip, Salmon, and Parmesan Crusted Chicken will be featured on the menu.

Geological Society Dinner - Special Event
2017-05-06 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
The Nevada Geological Society will be here for a special event – Dinner on Saturday night.
For hotel guests, the dinner menu will be limited during this event. Please ask front desk personnel or restaurant host or servers for details.

An Evening with Mark Twain
2016-11-19 16:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main Street P.O. Box 1067 , , Gold Hill, NV, 89440, United States
Celebrate Mark Twain’s 181st birthday with McAvoy Layne, the Ghost of Mark Twain, Saturday, November 19th at the historic Gold Hill Hotel. Enjoy an excellent intimate dinner and amazing stories from ” The Lincoln of Our Literature.
Doors Open at 4PM
Cocktail Hour 5PM – 6PM
Food Presentation 6PM – 7PM
Dessert 7PM – 8PM
Show Starts at 8PM
Dinner and Show $49.95
Reservations Required #775-847-0111

Frank Mullen-Friday Night Presentation
2016-09-30 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main Street P.O. Box 1067 , , Gold Hill, NV, 89440, United States
Enjoy a great dinner and learn all about “Spirit Cave Man” from this award winning reporter
Dinner and Lecture $25.00
Lecture Only $10.00
Lecture starts at 7:30pm
Restaurant and Bar open at 4pm

Bonnie Matton " Wild Horses of the Virginia/Flowery Ranges"
2016-06-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 Main Street P.O. Box 1067 , , Gold Hill, NV, 89440, United States
Bonnie Matton – “Wild Horses of the Virginia/Flowery Ranges” – Bonnie Matton, head of the Dayton-based Wild Horse Preservation League, will give a presentation on the wild horses that roam the private lands of the Virginia and Flowery Ranges, including information on the history of the horses, laws regarding them, the agreements between the state and wild horse advocates and the current birth-control program designed to slow the growth of the herds and prevent roundups and horse slaughter.

Dinner and Lecture $25.00
Lecture Only $10.00
