Comstock Lode

The Comstock Lode is a lode in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. It contained a large proportion of silver and traces of gold. In 1859 she was found under the local area of ​​Virginia City. Your Bekanntwerdung sparked a frenzy of silver in Nevada. The vein was exploited by several mines from, including " Gould & Curry " ( working in up to 675 miners working in three shifts ), " Ophir " Mexican "and others. Mark Twain gives in his book" Roughing it " (1871, German version "Through thick and thin " ) is a vivid description of Virginia City at the beginning and during the silver rush and the ratios in the search for ore veins whose registration ( by " Claims" ) and their exploitation to the enrichment. during the years 1860 to 1880 approximately 6.3 million metric tons of silver and gold ore were mined.