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Comstock Lode
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The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada, which was the first major discovery of silver ore in
"Mining on the Comstock", depicts the headframes and mills of the various mines, and the mining technology used at Comstock, most prominently the meth
"Mining on the Comstock", depicts the headframes and mills of the various mines, and the mining technology used at Comstock, most prominently the method of square-set timbering developed there to work the veins.
Bonanza ore, Consolidated California and Virginia Mine, Comstock Lode
Bonanza ore, Consolidated California and Virginia Mine, Comstock Lode
Comstock miners, 1880s. Caption on original: "To Labor is to Pray."
Comstock miners, 1880s. Caption on original: "To Labor is to Pray."
North Comstock Lode ore bodies and claims: south (left) to north (right), Potosi, Chollar, Hale & Norcross, Savage, Gould & Curry, Best & Belcher, Con
North Comstock Lode ore bodies and claims: south (left) to north (right), Potosi, Chollar, Hale & Norcross, Savage, Gould & Curry, Best & Belcher, Con. Virginia, California, Ophir, Mexican, Union and Sierra Nevada, the last three not depicted.
Virginia City, Nevada
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Virginia City is a historic town in Storey County, Nevada, United States. It was established in 1859 after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, one of the first major silver deposits in the United Stat
Comstock Lode
…The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after Canadian miner Henry Comstock…
View of Virginia City, July 2016
View of Virginia City, July 2016
View of Virginia City, Nevada, 1867–1868
View of Virginia City, Nevada, 1867–1868
Timbering the Mines of the Comstock, sketch by Dan DeQuille, 1877.
Timbering the Mines of the Comstock, sketch by Dan DeQuille, 1877.
Main street in Virginia City, 1878
Main street in Virginia City, 1878