[DOC] [TLE] Comstock Lode facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson ... 
It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea 
Ballou ... claim to sections of the Comstock (1859) but soon sold them for 
insignificant sums. ... attracting promoters and traders as well as miners, and the 
lode was the... [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. After 
the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush of prospectors to 
.... Four miners discovered the Gold Hill outcropping, at the head of Gold Can... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia City and Early Nevada Mining | ONE [PAR] When prospectors passed through the region in 1849 heading for ... The 1859 
discovery of the Comstock Lode and the subsequent rush justified splitting Utah 
in half. ... Comstock gold and silver attracted a global spectrum of fortune seekers
, giving ... Largely because of the Comstock, mining was the backbone of the 
state... [DOC] [TLE] The Comstock Lode, Nevada (Part 1)* [PAR] Columbia), attracted 23,000 prospectors from the United States as well as many 
more from ... A placer paystreak was discovered in Gold Canyon in 1858-1859 by 
four prospectors ... Comstock and bought the claims from the placer miners for. [DOC] [TLE] The Comstock Lode - Creating Nevada History - Legends of America [PAR] One of the most important mining discoveries in American History, the Comstock 
Lode in Nevada was the first major silver discovery in the United States and ... 
spring of 185253, at which time there were about 200 prospectors in the area. ... 
He and several others laid claim to several sections of the Comstock Lode in 
1859. [DOC] [TLE] The Mining Frontier - CliffsNotes [PAR] When gold was found in British Columbia in 1857, prospectors streamed ... The 
Comstock Lode, which produced over $300 million in gold and silver over a 
twentyyear period, was discovered in 1859 in western Nevada. ... Several areas 
became territories and states sooner than they would have without the mining 
rush. [DOC] [TLE] Mining Frontier - Mrvanduyne [PAR] In 1859, two young prospectors struck gold in the Sierra Nevada. ... In the 1870s, 
miners discovered gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ... Gold and silver 
strikes attracted thousands of prospectors. ... For example, it took less than a year 
for the mining camp at the Comstock Lode to become the boom town of Virginia 
City,... [DOC] [TLE] Comstock Lode - Infoplease [PAR] Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson in 
... It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea ... 
Henry T. P. Comstock, known as Old Pancake, was a sheepherder and 
prospector who ... attracting promoters and traders as well as miners, and the 
lode was the... [DOC] [TLE] Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage: A Discover Our ... [PAR] In 1859, placer miners and prospectors in the Great Basin, an area covering most 
... The Comstock Lode, as the discovery was called, stretched from Virginia City 
to Silver Hill. ... Virginia City and its larger mining district attracted immigrants 
from ... located in the State of Nevada and includes the communities of Virginia 
City,... [DOC] [TLE] Dustbin of History: The Fascinating Saga of the Comstock Lode [PAR] Apr 21, 2016 ... Word of the discovery at Gold Canyon spread, and each spring as a new ... In 
January 1859, a prospector named James Old Virginny Finney and .... sneak 
out of town the following morning without attracting attention, so that they ... 
Mining the surface gold and silver out of a deposit like the Comstock Lode... [DOC] [TLE] Home Means Nevada [PAR] The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 was the first of Nevada's many 
mining booms and attracted thousands of new people to the

Question: The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 attracted miners & prospectors to this state
Answer: Nevada