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The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock.
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The Sutro Tunnel is a drainage tunnel connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada. It begins at Dayton, Nevada, and connects 3.88 miles (6.24 km) Northwest to the Savage mine in Virginia City, Nevada. The Sutro Tunnel pioneered the excavation of large drainage and access tunnels in the US.
Silver mining in Nevada, a state of the United States, began in 1858 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver-mining district in the United States. Nevada calls itself the "Silver State." Nevada is the nation's second-largest producer of silver, after Alaska. In 2014 Nevada produced 10.93 million troy ounces of silver, of ...
The mountain forms a backdrop for the mining boomtown of Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike. Mount Davidson was named after Donald Davidson, a geologist. [3] Mark Twain mentions a flag on Mount Davidson in his semi-autobiographical book Roughing It. [4] As of 2003 the flagpole was still standing. [5]
Comstock Mining's (LODE) second-quarter 2021 results are likely to reflect increased lease payments from Daney Ranch, saving in interest expense offset by decreased rental rate with the Gold Hill ...
One of the main settlements for the Cornish on the Comstock lode was in Gold Hill. [3] A later mining complex in the area operated from 1927 until 1942, when mining operations were shut down by War Production Board order L-208, shutting down all nonessential gold mines in the United States. Just under a hundred million dollars' worth of ore was ...
Comstock Inc. (LODE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 12.50% and 20%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?