Here, prospectors could turn into millionaires overnight thanks to the rich silver Comstock Lode unearthed in 1859 (named for part-owner of the land Henry Comstock nickname: “Old Pancake” because he… really liked pancakes). Back then he was just Samuel Clemens, following his brother Orion out West to this Nevada mining town. We have Virginia City to thank for the writings of Mark Twain.
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