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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.
For more than 6,000 years, gold has been a symbol of status and wealth. It does not tarnish or corrode and it is very malleable, or flexible. Silver is an element more common than gold. In the Nevada Comstock Lode, discovered in 1859, the silver ore formed a slab 400 feet (122 meters) thick and 3,000 feet (915 meters) deep. One ounce of gold can be beaten into a thin sheet 100 square feet (9.3 square meters).