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Comstock Lode. 1. the most valuable deposit of silver ore ever recorded, discovered in 1859 by Henry T. P. Comstock near Virginia City, Nevada.
When gold and silver were discovered at the Comstock Lode, miners came west with hopes of getting rich. This caused boom towns and in turn people who didn't mine came and also got rich selling supplies to the miners. Some of these people stayed after the gold rush was over. This greatly sped up the population of the west.