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Comstock Lode

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Comstock Lode

Silver mine in west Nevada. It was discovered in 1859. The mine is situated on Mount Davidson, in the Virginia Mountains, 32 km/20 mi south-southeast of Reno. It was one of the largest silver deposits ever discovered, and contributed to the development of Nevada as an important mining area. Virginia City was established adjacent to the mines in 1859 and was once the largest city in Nevada, before the flooding of the richest deposits, and the end of silver coinage, brought about a rapid decline in the 1880s. The area is today largely a tourist centre.



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16) By 1865, the vast majority of miners on the Comstock Lode no longer worked above ground on their own claims, but instead toiled underground for wages in large, highly-capitalized mine operations.
Manly gambles: the politics of risk on the Comstock lode, 1860-1880 by Peck, Gunther / Journal of Social History
He goes on to say, "I worked with the Company's President, CEO Steve Parent, COO Dave Salari and Rana Medhi in the construction and operation of the Plum Mine's cyanide heap leach operation in the Comstock lode, near Virginia City, Nevada, in 2003 and we worked very well together.
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Management has recently constructed and operated a similar project for another company in Nevada's Comstock Lode.
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