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Com'stock Lode'




the most valuable deposit of silver ore ever recorded, discovered in 1859 by Henry T. P. Comstock near Virginia City, Nev. Also called Com'stock Sil'ver Lode'.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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