Historical Marker

C & C Mining Works

Historical marker location:
Virginia City, Nevada
( Marker is on E Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2009

Consolidated Virginia & California Mine Shaft, L Street, Virginia City, NV. Comstock Historical Marker No. 1.

Nevada was once the world's largest producer of silver: In the late 1800s, Nevada was one of the world's largest producers of silver. The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859, a massive deposit of silver ore, led to a mining boom that transformed the state.
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