Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon

Special Event tonight at Gold Hill
2017-11-03 16:00 - 20:00 UTC
We will be serving dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. on this night due to a private party starting at 6 p.m.
After 6 p.m., we will be serving Italian style dinners of Chicken Marsala, Lobster Ravioli, or Osso Bucco until 8 p.m.
The bar will be open from 4 to whenever “not busy” as usual.
Thank you in advance for your understanding!

Lecture tonight! Pam Abercrombie – The History of Nevada Indian Tribes: The Numu, Newe, Nuwu, and Wa She Shu
2017-11-02 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Pamela Abercrombie continues our lecture series tonight with a talk about the History of Nevada Indian Tribes: The Numu, Newe, Nuwu, and Wa She Shu.
Pam will be giving an overview of the American Indians across the nation and the indigenous tribes of Nevada. Focus will be on the Northern Paiute, including the lands of the Comstock and surrounding areas as far as the California/Nevada border to the west.
Pam Abercrombie, before coming to the Comstock, worked on a rural Nevada Indian Tribe reservation for about eight years. Her love for history led her down a path of research on the indigenous people of Nevada. She spent three years studying our local tribes, in addition to federal/tribal relations and tribal nations across the United States, learning from non cross-cultural resources; therefore gaining knowledge from the American Indian’s perspective on North America and the United States.

Discover the history, interesting facts and information about the way of life of the Nevada Indians before the arrival of the white European settlers and colonists.
Pamela Abercrombie is the Executive Director of the Comstock Historical Foundation. She has developed a career in the nonprofit field the past 14 years, serving youth and families. She began as a program coordinator for a youth-serving organization in Dayton, transitioned to the Education Director for the Yerington Paiute Tribe where she became a self-taught administrator, and then after earning a Master’s in Public Administration fell in love with Virginia City and tourism. With an undergrad in history from the University of Nevada, Reno and a passion for history, becoming the director for the Foundation is a perfect fit.
November 2nd at 7:00 PM. It will be an exciting evening! See sign up form below:
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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Ghost Tour Tonight at Gold Hill Hotel - Bat's in the Belfry!
2017-10-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-10-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-10-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-09-18 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.

"Gathering of the Ghouls" at the Gold Hill Hotel
2017-10-29 18:00 - 21:30 UTC
Sun. October 29th 6:00 p.m. at The Gold Hill Hotel
Enjoy a dangerously delicious four “corpse” meal, while listening to the haunting melodies of:
Pianist, John Shipley. After dinner, sing along and dance the night away!
** Treats in store for The Best Costume of the night! **
The Ravenously Grim Menu consists of:
* Start by nibbling on Nefarious Cheeses and Mysterious Fruits
*Evil Eye Greens a spinach salad with roasted beets and onions, blue cheese, and a pair of eyeball radishes watching every bite.
*Murder of Crow is a delightfully tragic chicken medallion & wings nestled in midnight black pasta, smothered in a creamy “poison” mushroom and garlic sauce.
*Mad Cow is our madly delicious Tri-tip in a bourbon and blood orange demi glaze and lightly singed tomatoes and leaks.
*Shrunken Heads are baked apples laid out on a scoop of vanilla ice-cream topped with salted caramel and toasted walnuts…death defyingly good!
ALSO: Enjoy with your meal, two “spirits” of your choice from the top shelf!
Buy Tickets Now for $50.00 – Includes tax and gratuity!
Please call the Gold Hill Hotel to purchase tickets: 775-847-0111. Or Scroll down and fill out sign up sheet and we will sign you up!! –

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Enjoy a romantic evening! Guitarist Jack Di Carlo performing tonight
2017-10-27 17:30 - 20:00, 2017-10-20 17:30 - 20:00, 2017-10-13 17:30 - 20:00, 2017-10-06 17:30 - 20:00, 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!

Lecture tonight! “Weird Silver Terrace Cemetery” by Nevada authors Sandie La Nae and Arline La Ferry
2017-10-26 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Nevada Author, Sandie La Nae, has written several books covering the properties of minerals, paranormal communications and of historic data and information. Using her abilities in the field of paranormal, Sandie, an accomplished Ghost Hunter, has been an independent member with the Thin Veil Investigators paranormal investigative team based in Carson City, Nevada where she resides.
Arline La Ferry, is a Special Works Historian at the Nevada Historical Society, in Reno, with focus on regional cemeteries.
Together, La Nae and La Ferry have collaborated on their popular “Weird” volumes – books about interesting and enlightening material surrounding particular towns.
Their lecture will be on the second book in a trilogy of the “Weird” Virginia City series, “Weird Silver Terrace Cemetery.” Interesting characters and events encircle this famous Wild West cemetery, which, the land was first destined to be a housing development.
This is a great lecture to get you “in the mood” for Halloween!
October 26th at 7:00 PM. It will be an exciting evening! See sign up form below:
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.

Please use this form to sign up:

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Email Address:

Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
Lecture only

How many in your party?:

Reservation time for dinner?:

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Piano Bar tonight at the Gold Hill Hotel!
2017-10-22 18:30 - 21:30, 2017-10-15 18:30 - 21:30, 2017-10-08 18:30 - 21:30 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 $14.99! 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!

Special Event Tonight! Restaurant closed at 5 p.m. unless you have dinner reservations with us!
2017-10-20 16:00 - 20:30 UTC
We will be closing the restaurant to “walk in” customers after 5 p.m. tonight unless you have a prior reservation.
On the plus side, the BAR will be open all night long!! So you can come and have a drink!

Closed for private event after 5 p.m. tonight - But Bar open all night!
2017-10-19 16:00 - 20:30 UTC
Due to a private event tonight, we will not be accepting any “walk in” customers past 5 p.m. for dinner.
On the plus side, the bar will be open from 4 p.m. until “not busy” So you can have a drink!!

Lecture Series: Mike Collins – on the Crown Point Trestles
2017-10-18 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Mike Collins continues the lecture series this Wednesday night (October 18th) at the Gold Hill Hotel. Please note that the lecture is WEDNESDAY this week, not THURSDAY!
Mike is the President of the V&T Railroad Historical Society.
The Crown Point Trestle was a wood trestle built across the Crown Point Ravine (70′ x 40′), Crown Point Mine, Union Street, and American Flat lower Road. The timbers were cut from trees harvested in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The trestle was 351′ long and 85′ feet high, and contained 184,538 board feet of lumber, and 19,280 pounds of iron in bolts, pins, nuts, and additional cables. There was loss of life during its construction.
This exciting lecture will discuss all of these aspects of this historical structure as well as presenting historical pictures and drawings of the trestle. This is one of the biggest technical artifacts of the Comstock era!
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society is a non-profit established in 2009. The mission of the V & T Railroad Historical Society is to encourage research and the publication of information concerning the railroad from its inception in 1868 to the last official run on May 31, 1950.
This lecture will begin at 7 p.m. and costs $5. If you would like, we have a dinner consisting of spaghetti with meat sauce, a green salad, and garlic bread AND INCLUDES THE LECTURE, all for only $11! So come for dinner and the lecture and get it all for the low price of $11 total. Please note that we have only 50 total seats for people to see the lecture so sign up early!
It will be an exciting evening! See sign up form below:

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Lectures Continue Tonight: Will Furman - Bodie and Virginia City: Capturing the Historic Old West in a New Way
2017-10-12 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Will Furman continues the lecture series this Thursday night (October 12th) at the Gold Hill Hotel.
Will is a photographer with a distinct eye for the serenity and magic of nature – and for echoes of the Old West. He has pioneered what he describes as Inside-Out, a single image technique that utilizes both the reflectivity and translucency of windows to create an image with multiple planes. The result conjures a Bodie that was, haunting and evocative. “When we visit historic places,” Will asks as he photographs, “What did it feel like to live back then? That feeling is what he tries to capture in each photograph. It allows the viewer to feel, for a moment, that they had returned to yesteryear.”
After his presentation on Bodie, Furman will talk about his new Inside-Out technique and show examples of it applied in Virginia City and other historic towns in the west.
There is no double exposure. No superimposition of two images, just one press of the camera button. The results draw the viewer into the image in a new way. People who like ghost towns, like this presentation. It’s different. The towns come alive because each person experiences each image differently.
Last month Will Furman gave this presentation at the California State Library in Sacramento. They have asked him to mount a photographic exhibition of Inside-Out images at the library.
If you want to see a new way to capture people’s interest in historic towns, like Virginia City, or any other historic town, come to the Gold Hill Hotel on Thursday evening, October 12th at 7:00 PM. It will be an exciting evening! See sign up form below:
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.

Please use this form to sign up:

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Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
Lecture only

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Reservation time for dinner?:

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Restaurant opens at 5:00 p.m. tonight due to private party
2017-10-07 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
The Crown Point restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel will be opening at 5:00 p.m. this evening due to private wedding in the afternoon. We will be serving dinner until 8:00 p.m. on this night.
The bar will be opening at 6:00 p.m. this evening due to the same private party. The bar will be open until “not busy.”
Thank you in advance for understanding – The Management

Lecture Series Continues! Tex Weir – When the Old West Was Young
2017-10-05 17:30 - 20:30 UTC
Tex Weir continues the lecture series this Thursday night (October 5th) at the Gold Hill Hotel. He will be doing Cowboy Songs and Poetry and telling Tall Tails and Brag Talk. Lecture starts at 7 p.m.
Tex Weir has earned his living as a musician and entertainer for over 40 years. He is a lifetime member of the American Federation of Musicians Union. He has worked with Hollywood stars as an accompanist or opening act. He has worked for such major studios as RCA – Nashville and A&R studios in New York. He was the director of the Texas Cowboy Poets Association from 1997 through 2000.
In his career Tex Weir performed for two American presidents, the Queen of England and 1,000’s of fans across the country.
His performance will contain: Songs with real substance and songs with absolutely no substance. He will tell true stories and legends and outright lies and myths. He will perform some trick roping and attempt at Spanish guitar playing. He will have some embarrassing audience participation and will receive some possible applause at the end.
Come hear and see Tex in action! This will be a fabulous performance! Starts at 7:00 p.m. Sign up form is below:
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.

Please use this form to sign up:

Name:

Email Address:

Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
Lecture only

How many in your party?:

Reservation time for dinner?:

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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.

Please use this form to sign up:

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Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
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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.

Please use this form to sign up:

Name:

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Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
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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.

Please use this form to sign up:

Name:

Email Address:

Dinner and Lecture? Or Lecture Only?
Dinner and Lecture
Lecture only

How many in your party?:

Reservation time for dinner?:

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