Working the Comstock Lode was extraordinarily dangerous. Apart from the risk of cave-ins and underground fires, miners had to worry about underground flooding. The temperature of water below 700 feet rose to 108 degrees. When miners penetrated through rock, steam and scalding water would pour into the tunnel, and miners had to jump into cages, risking death if the hoisting mechanisms failed to lift them quickly enough.
Lode Craeybeckx was born in 1897.
Lode Craeybeckx died in 1976.
Lode Zielens was born in 1901.
George W. Comstock was born in 1915.
Oliver C. Comstock died in 1860.
The Comstock Lode gave many miners jobs and produced more than $500 million worth of gold and silver.
it lured thousands of California miners to Nevada.
The Comstock Lode gave many miners jobs and produced more than $500 million worth of gold and silver.
The Comstock Lode gave many miners jobs and produced more than $500 million worth of gold and silver.
The Comstock Lode was a huge discovery made in 1859. It is estimated that $50 million dollars in silver was taken out of the Comstock Lode.
It was an important silver ore mining area.You can read about Comstock Lode's history at the link below:
it caused westward expansion .
The Comstock Lode was first made public in 1859. it was named after a man named after Henry Comstock who had claimed it was his land when two Irish miners panned and found gold. Comstock sold out early and only made a small amount of money.
Virginia City
In Virginia City, Nevada.
Yes, Mark Twain did say that the Comstock Lode in Nevada was the "richest place on Earth" due to its abundant silver deposits. Twain worked as a reporter in the area during the mining boom and witnessed the wealth generated by the mines firsthand.
gold and silver deposits in Nevada