What Was the Comstock Lode

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Multiple Choice

What was the Comstock Lode?

• A) A vein of gold discovered by prospector Henry Comstock
• B) The richest vein of silver ore found on the North American continent
• C) A complicated piece of machinery designed to extract silver from mines
• D) The largest mining company ever formed in the American West

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