Show FINDING THE COMSTOCK LODE far reaching results of at the rich strike of silver sliver made in juno 1859 youve struck it boy boys thua thus aid said henry bolge comstock to peter kniley and patrick mclaughlin ln who ho were his fellow prospector prospectors la in a searce for gold la in six mile canyon now the present virginia city the capital of nevada the date was june 10 1952 la in that remote spot la in the Ame american wilderness by these three obscure men wa was mad on that day a discovery dl covery destined to affect the current ol 01 american ool itic for a scoria of years says a writer tn in the ibe atlantic Atlant li monthly and to have for long tons a influence on the world a finances fIn finah anees ce the thing which was truck struck oa on that june day of 1859 waa ad the vein covering what came to be known aa as the comstock Coor tock lode in fn which were bidden hidden the richest deposits of 0 ether silver ever found anywhere oa on the alobe their development year years att afterward erwArd simul with that odthe or the silver minee mines of colorado started the downward flood in the price of 0 allver silver which broke ratio bet between een the money nae talf changed the monetary system of the leading nation nations from the double to the single boid standard etan dard incited ie to movement beginning 1 li 11 1 1877 un deathe the leadership of P bland for the reo penar of the aminti in ell all ver on th tb thi i same terms aa as to cold led hence t to the Pass lini of the allison limited liver silver coinage law of 1878 and to that of the sherman She silver bu bullion illon deposit de pool t act of 1890 end wae was the issue which allt split the two great parties and made havoc among the tle smaller caes in 1808 1896 resulting a i ta the act of 1900 1110 which gave statute ta tutor ry recognition to the gold standard in tha tb 4 states |