Comstock Lode mining district

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Comstock_Lode_mining_district
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Bonanza_(TV_series)
gptkbp:contributedTo Nevada statehood
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1880s
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1859
gptkbp:economicImportance boosted Nevada economy
financed San Francisco development
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major silver discovery in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Comstock Lode mining district
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Virginia_City,_Nevada
gptkb:Storey_County,_Nevada
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Gold_Hill
gptkb:Virginia_City
gptkbp:maximumDepth over 3,000 feet
gptkbp:miningCompanies gptkb:California_Mine
gptkb:Consolidated_Virginia_Mining_Company
Chollar-Potosi Mining Company
Gould & Curry Mining Company
Ophir Mining Company
Savage Mining Company
Yellow Jacket Mining Company
gptkbp:miningMethod underground mining
gptkbp:miningTechnology gptkb:Cornish_pump
gptkb:Sutro_Tunnel
square set timbering
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henry_Comstock
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Sutro_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Chollar_Mine
gptkb:Ophir_Mine
gptkb:Savage_Mine
gptkb:Yellow_Jacket_Mine
gptkb:Potosi_Mine
Con Virginia Mine
gold ore discovery
silver ore discovery
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Adolph_Sutro
gptkbp:partOf Nevada mining boom
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 1877
gptkbp:produced gptkb:gold
silver
gptkbp:status historic site
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:Virginia_City
Comstock History Center
gptkbp:type silver sulfide
gold-bearing quartz
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virginia_and_Truckee_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6