Comstock Lode

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Comstock Lode: Media

mineral deposit, Nevada, United States

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Comstock Lode

Comstock Lode

Miner working the Comstock Lode, Nevada.

Comstock Lode, Nevada

Comstock Lode, Nevada

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Pyrargyrite silver ore from the Comstock Lode, Storey Co., Nevada, U.S.

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