| 11. | The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1858 inaugurated large-scale silver mining in the United States.
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| 12. | Later crops were sold to stores in downtown Sacramento and to miners during the Comstock Lode.
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| 13. | *1870 Henry Comstock, a discoverer of the Comstock Lode dies ( suicide ) in Bozeman
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| 14. | In the fall of 1859, McMeans moved to Virginia City, Nevada after the Comstock Lode silver strike.
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| 15. | By 1867 he had become president and superintendent of a Comstock Lode operation, the Yellow Jacket Mine.
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| 16. | When the Comstock Lode discovery took place, the town of Markleeville was founded on the Marklee property.
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| 17. | The rapid growth continued through the 1850s and under the influence of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver discovery.
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| 18. | The "'Sutro Tunnel "'is a drainage tunnel ( adit ) connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada.
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| 19. | Also in 1863, a group of 300 to 400 miners at the Comstock Lode formed the Miners'Protective Association.
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| 20. | Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode.
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