Talk:Comstock Lode

message: I'm a bit confused about the total amount of silver that the Comstock Lode churned out. I've read in some sources: 
*$300 million worth of silver
*$310 million
And in this article:
*$400 million
Which is it?
--71.49.212.77 00:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comstock Lode's production of silver

message: The references to rocker and Long_Tom both lead to pages where nothing appears relevant. 212.32.104.148 15:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed Long Tom. Megapixie 04:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rocker?

message: Uh, what happened to this section?  Why is there no information/text in it?  Is the article unfinished or has the text been removed for some reason?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.160.130 (talk) 07:47, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Discovery of Silver 

message: As a decendant of Henry Comstock, I have a family historical book at my father's house that accounts the story from the Comstock point of view.  Since I don't have the book in front of me, I'm placing some accounts of the story here in the discussion page until I can get the exact information and, of course, my sources references.  Here's some important information that I've discovered through my research in the past.  Again, once I confirm my sources, I'll try to implement into the article.
The discovery is not disputed.  The rightful owners were.  The original discoverers, Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea Ballou Grosh, were mineralologists of a sort.  But they were short on funding.  They were going to take some samples to San Francisco to hopefully drum up some investment interest.  On the way, they got caught up while crossing the mountains, and they both contracted gangreen.  They both eventually died before returning to the mine.  
Henry Comstock was left to watch over the Grosh home and the mine while they travelled to San Franciso.  When they didn't return, Comstock was reported as laying claim to the mine himself, thus where he got into disputes with McLaughlin and O'Reilly.  
--Coplan 18:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *I borrowed the text from my father.  Text is called "A History and Geneology of the Comstock Family in America" by John Adams Comstock.  I added all the info above that I was able to fully verify, and referenced accordingly.  I do not have an ISBN for this book (and I so noted in the reference).  I know that it is a limited pressing book and that there are only a rare number of books around.  How do I fully reference a book, something that may or may not be part of the Library of Congress, on Wikipedia? --Coplan 05:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fate of Discoverers, Comstock's relationship 

message: A portion of this page uses the reference prototype, which is the Wikipedia preferred preferred method method for referencing.  I restored the reference section (which disappeared along the way) as a lot of the references were never mentioned due to the lack of this section.  Now that it's back, I would highly suggest that the items mentioned in the bibliography be referenced in the same manner and the "bibliography" should be deprecated.  There are plenty of proper examples directly in this article for your consultation.  --Coplan 17:07, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography vs. References 

message: Where is John Mackay in this list? Every listing of the kings I've ever seen in Virginia City or at the Nevada Sate Museum lists Mackay as such. Anyone know where the current kings list came from?--Jusenkyoguide 11:12, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Four Kings 

message: When I was a child, I remember reading about the Comstock Lode in a book about ghost stories focused on historic American locations. Has anyone else ever heard any stories on this line, and would it be worth including?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.97.69.26 (talk) 13:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haunting? 

message: "The Mexicans adopted their methods of arastras, the patio process and adobe smelting furnaces to process silver ore." Is "adopted" a typo for "adapted?" Maybe "introduced" would be a better choice?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.143.79 (talk) 14:07, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early mining and milling 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: ...seemed out of place, since it lacks a referent (which author) expresses an opinion, and is jarring. So I removed it. ++Lar: t/c 04:40, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article currently states:
"However, since 1878, Nevada has been a relatively minor silver producer, with most subsequent bonanzas consisting of more gold than silver. In 1900, Jim Butler discovered Nevada's second largest silver strike in Tonopah, Nevada. Nevada is currently ranked as the second largest producer of silver within the United States." 
That suggests there is only one significant silver producer in the USA and it isn't Nevada; I don't think that can be correct? Stub Mandrel (talk) 14:39, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The author wishes you to believe that Nevada is an insignificant silver producer."