| 31. | The Comstock Lode discovery and subsequent growth of Virginia City was unequaled by the history of other precious metal discoveries.
|
| 32. | "' Mount Davidson "'is both the highest and most Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike.
|
| 33. | When it appeared the Comstock Lode was finished, the city's population declined sharply, with ten thousand leaving in 1864 and 1865.
|
| 34. | Her father was Senator James Fair of Nevada, who made a fortune from the Comstock Lode and the Big Bonanza mine.
|
| 35. | Virginia City, Nevada, along the lower watershed, was home in 1859 to the world s greatest silver rush, the Comstock Lode.
|
| 36. | The riches of the Comstock Lode inspired men to hunt for silver mines throughout Nevada and other parts of the American West.
|
| 37. | The first major silver ore deposits in the United States were discovered at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1859.
|
| 38. | Ormsby opened his hotel in 1860, in the wake of the Comstock Lode, as more settlers and prospectors rushed to the area.
|
| 39. | In 1860 Stewart moved to Virginia City, Nevada where he participated in mining litigation and helped the development of the Comstock Lode.
|
| 40. | While returning from California with the Mormon Battalion in 1848, Prowse was reportedly the first man to wash gold on the Comstock Lode.
|
