History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0167 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Comstock Lode
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The idea
The Comstock Lode in Nevada, the richest silver deposit in American history, yielded more than three hundred million dollars within twenty years, the anchor says.
In practice
Mine shafts sunk hundreds of feet into the ground.
Where people slip
The anchor dates the lode to eighteen fifty-nine under Henry Comstock's name; Digital History says the Grosh brothers found it in eighteen fifty-seven.
Your place on the trail
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