Comstock Lode mining operations

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Comstock_Lode_mining_operations
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mining operation
gptkbp:beganIn 1859
gptkbp:economicImportance financed San Francisco development
boosted Nevada statehood
gptkbp:endDate 1920s
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major silver discovery in the United States
triggered silver rush
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Comstock Lode mining operations
gptkbp:infrastructure gptkb:Virginia_and_Truckee_Railroad
gptkb:Sutro_Tunnel
gptkbp:location gptkb:Carson_City,_Nevada
gptkb:Virginia_City,_Nevada
gptkb:Storey_County,_Nevada
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henry_Comstock
gptkbp:notable_labor_force Cornish miners
Chinese laborers
Irish miners
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Consolidated_Virginia_Mining_Company
Chollar-Potosi Mining Company
Gould & Curry Mining Company
Savage Mining Company
Yellow Jacket Mining Company
California Mine Company
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:California_Mine
gptkb:Gould_&_Curry_Mine
gptkb:Ophir_Mine
gptkb:Savage_Mine
gptkb:Yellow_Jacket_Mine
Con Virginia Mine
Chollar-Potosi Mine
gptkbp:notableInvention gptkb:Cornish_pump
gptkb:Sutro_Tunnel
square set timbering
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Adolph_Sutro
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Henry_Comstock
gptkb:George_Hearst
gptkb:James_Fair
gptkb:James_Flood
gptkb:William_S._O'Brien
gptkb:John_Mackay
gptkbp:ore_processing_method stamp mill
Washoe process
pan amalgamation
gptkbp:peak_annual_silver_output $36 million (1877)
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 1877
gptkbp:product gptkb:gold
silver
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Great_Fire_of_1875
Nevada statehood (1864)
Virginia City boom
gptkbp:total_estimated_output over $300 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carson_and_Tahoe_Lumber_and_Fluming_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8