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Bonanza: The Phillip Diedesheimer Story

BONANZA: THE PHILLIP DIEDESHEIMER STORY

Directed by Joseph Kane
United States, 1959
Western, Drama, TV Movie

Synopsis

This story’s events were inspired by the real story of the German-born American immigrant engineer Philip Deidesheimer (1832-1916). Diedesheimer developed his square set timbering system for the Comstock Lode’s Ophir Mine in Virginia City, Nevada in 1860.

Synopsis

This story’s events were inspired by the real story of the German-born American immigrant engineer Philip Deidesheimer (1832-1916). Diedesheimer developed his square set timbering system for the Comstock Lode’s Ophir Mine in Virginia City, Nevada in 1860.