31. The Comstock Lode discovery and subsequent growth of Virginia City was unequaled by the history of other precious metal discoveries. 32. "' Mount Davidson "'is both the highest and most Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike. 33. When it appeared the Comstock Lode was finished, the city's population declined sharply, with ten thousand leaving in 1864 and 1865. 34. Her father was Senator James Fair of Nevada, who made a fortune from the Comstock Lode and the Big Bonanza mine. 35. Virginia City, Nevada, along the lower watershed, was home in 1859 to the world s greatest silver rush, the Comstock Lode . 36. The riches of the Comstock Lode inspired men to hunt for silver mines throughout Nevada and other parts of the American West. 37. The first major silver ore deposits in the United States were discovered at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1859. 38. Ormsby opened his hotel in 1860, in the wake of the Comstock Lode , as more settlers and prospectors rushed to the area. 39. In 1860 Stewart moved to Virginia City, Nevada where he participated in mining litigation and helped the development of the Comstock Lode . 40. While returning from California with the Mormon Battalion in 1848, Prowse was reportedly the first man to wash gold on the Comstock Lode .
