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Comstock Lode Silver Discovery

Nevada's richest silver deposit triggered a mining boom and accelerated westward expansion while introducing advanced deep-shaft mining techniques.

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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, which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after Canadian miner Henry Comstock.

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