Sustainable Energy Development - Comstock Mining
Description: The Comstock Foundation website features information about the Comstock Historic District in Nevada, one of the most important National Historic Landmarks in the United States of America.
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The Comstock Foundation for History and Culture encourages the preservation and promotion of historic and cultural resources within the Virginia City National Historic Landmark District.
The 19th century mining bonanza turned Virginia City into the most important industrial city between Denver and San Francisco, and it turned destitute prospectors from all over the world into instant millionaires.
In the late 1850s, silver and gold were discovered in this area and the resulting camp was little more than a few miners living in tents and crude shacks. By the early 1860s, however, the town of Gold Hill grew to rival Virginia City in size and population.
Sustainable Energy Development - Comstock Mining