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A major silver strike near what is today Virginia City, NV. It started a rush of settlement in 1859 and the immense wealth generated fuel the development of the Pacific and Rocky Mountain west of the United States. The silver also formed the basis for about a dozen of the legendary mega-fortunes of the US "gilded age," including those of the Hearst and Ralston families.

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