A historic gold and silver source in the Virginia Mountains of western Nevada, south of Reno, the basis of a boom that lasted from the 1850s through the late 19th century.
Definition of Comstock Lode in US English:
Comstock Lode
proper nounˌkämˌstäk ˈlōd
A historic gold and silver source in the Virginia Mountains of western Nevada, south of Reno, the basis of a boom that lasted from the 1850s through the late 19th century.