Bonanza!!!! The blueish-gray mud tossed aside as miners dug for gold was finally identified as raw silver. The Comstock Lode – the mother lode of silver – ran diagonally underground down the canyon and contained the richest deposit of raw silver that had ever been discovered. The 49ers of the gold rush were dwarfed by … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 5 – The Comstock →