[DOC] [TLE] Comstock Lode - Wikipedia [PAR] The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of 
Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Nevada (then western Utah 
Territory). It was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States. .... at 
the head of Gold Can, making placer claims after finding traces of gold on 28 
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late ... Soon, another miner named Henry Comstock, stumbled upon their find 
and ..... Gould and Curry mines on the Comstock Lode, the richest silver 
deposit in America. ...... From Mount Davidson, Comstock Lode, Storey County, 
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late ... Soon, another miner named Henry Comstock, stumbled upon their find 
and ..... and Curry mines on the Comstock Lode, the richest silver deposit in 
America. .... Nevada on the eastern slope of Mt. Davidson, a peak in the Virginia 
range [DOC] [TLE] Comstock Lode - Infoplease [PAR] Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson in 
the Virginia Range. It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by. [DOC] [TLE] comstock mining, 1865-1885 - Inside My Desk [PAR] Overview of Nevada Mining, Geology of Comstock Lode. The discovery of ore 
during the late 1850s in the western part of the Idaho territory laid the foundation 
for America's second mining boom. ..... first to find a gold vein below the lava cap. 
..... The rock formation on the Mt Davidson (or western) side of the Lode was 
diorite... [DOC] [TLE] Bedrock Dreams: Types of Gold Occurrences (Part 2) [PAR] Oct 12, 2016 ... One major U.S. strike of silver-rich ores containing electrum occurred near ... An 
even greater strike of silver-rich ore took place in the late 1850s in Nevada. That 
was, as you correctly surmised, the famous "Comstock Lode." ... Mount Davidson 
went on to become the richest silver-gold strike in the entire... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Big Bonanza The Story Of The Comstock Lode" [PAR] In mine and camp and straggling town scattered along the western slopes of the 
.... for whom the Comstock Who rejuvenated Virginia City through Lode ot 
Nevada was .... Up Gold Canyon on the south side of Mount Davidson they 
worked. .... He advised the man in the cut to fill the gift pans with the richest ore in 
sight. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Comstock Lode: Its Character, and the Probable ... [PAR] The culminating point of the range is Mount Davidson, the elevation of which was 
.... The flats of Virginia City, Gold Hill, American City, and Silver City, consist of .... 
Upwards, from the average depth of five hundred feet, the western wall rises to 
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showing part of Western Nevada around the Comstock Lode 2 Virginia City, .... 
frequently up the slopes of Mount Davidson, carrying our lunches with us .... If he 
tried to read them aloud, invariably he would "choke up" and find it difficult to go 
on. [DOC] [TLE] Mining - Business History [PAR] September 6, 1869 - First major coal mine disaster in U.S. at Avondale, PA; fire ... 
Mt. Davidson to Comstock Lode mining district in Virginia City, NV; one of richest 
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Question: The Comstock Lode on Mt. Davidson in western Nevada was the richest find of this element in the U.S.
Answer: silver