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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 56862, member: 705&quot;]Alrighty---I&#039;m not done reading up on this but here are a few facts I&#039;ve found...</p><p><br /></p><p>1878 CC Moragns are not the first struck of the Comstock lode....in 1870 a Seated Dollar was struck in CC....I think that the mint opened using the silver from the Comstock so the 1870CC Dollar would be the first struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next....in the June 2005 COINS Mag here is what they said in an article about the CC mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Peter O&#039;Riley and Patrick McLaughlin, found a body of ore near present day Silver City. they had just fnished marking their claim when Henry Comstock happened upon the scene and clanimed that he in fact had discovered the outcropping.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was obvious to O&#039;Riley and and McLaughlin that Comstock was lying. But, not knowing the true extent of their discovery and fearing a lengthy legal battle, they caved in to the interloper and granted him a third. For some perverse reason, it was not long before the find was known as the Comstock Lode.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The true owners might just as well have gone to court because all three ment got very little of the riches in the long run. McLaughlin and Comstock sold their shares for a song and were soon broke again. </p><p><br /></p><p>O&#039;Riley had the most interesting life after he sold out. Under the guidence of a spirit medium, he spent his remaining funds sinking a worthless mine shaft. He soon afterwards died in a mental institution. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So in other words it should be called the O&#039;Riley and McLaughlin Lode--</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be posting more as I find out more.!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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