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In the decade following the 1849 California Gold Rush, hard times gripped the nation. Only those men capable of raising a fortune were able to equip and operate a mine. Opportunities for the lone prospector to strike it rich were growing slim. But come 1859, the legendary Comstock Silver Lode at Virginia City, Nevada, stirred prospectors to their feet again. The stampede to the rainbow’s end led back across the Sierra Nevada to the Nevada territory.

Mining and the Rise of Cerro Gordo

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