Camera Maker	Canon	Camera Model	Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
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Exposure Time	1/250 sec	Flash	No Flash
Focal Length	55 mm	ISO	400
Metering Mode	Pattern	Date/Time	2008:09:25 14:35:53
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Exposure Mode	1	Keywords	landmark historic marker The Comstock Lode California Nevada heart of the Comstock Lode heart Comstock Lode fabulous deposit high-grade ore produced $400 000 silver gold discovery 1859 Virginia City boomed 20 years Union 1864 San Francisco major mines operated yellow dumps visible Sierra Nevada Con Virginia travel United States of America United States America USA US NV history historical historical marker famous highway popular place of interest tourist attraction tourist destination travel destination tour tourism tourist attraction destination sign American day daytime vertical education historical site outdoors outside road roadside roadsign nobody no people signs and symbols text information displayed letters historic attractions display worked both ends Gold Canyon Utah mines combination lode high hill southeast large build
Caption	The Comstock Lode - Near this spot was the heart of the Comstock Lode, the fabulous 2 1/2-mile deposit of high-grade ore that produced nearly $400,000,000 in silver and gold. After the discovery in 1859, Virginia City boomed for 20 years, helped bring Nevada into the Union in 1864 and to build San Francisco. Seven major mines operated during the boom. Their sites are today marked by large yellow dumps, several of which are visible from here the Sierra Nevada a mile to your left, the Union, Ophir, Con Virginia and, on the high hill to the southeast, the Combination. The lode was worked from both ends, north up Gold Canyon and south from the Sierra Nevada and Utah mines.