Gold was found in 1850, in Gold Canyon by Mormon emigrants, one
of whom, William Prouse or Prows.
Credit for the discovery of silver is disputed. It is said to
have been discovered, in 1857, by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea
Ballou Grosh. When Henry T. P. Comstock learned of the death of the
Grosh brothers, he claimed the cabin and the lands as his own and
the silver lode was eventually named for him.