Silver Kings
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The Silver Kings were a group of four 19th-century mining magnates who amassed vast fortunes from the Comstock Lode silver deposits in Nevada.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Kings canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
group of people
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mining magnates ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bonanza Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Big Bonanza ore body
NERFINISHED
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Comstock mining boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commodity | silver ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| economicImpact |
contributed to growth of San Francisco capital markets
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helped finance development of Nevada ⓘ |
| era | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | mine ownership and speculation ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of Gilded Age mining fortunes ⓘ |
| industry | mining industry ⓘ |
| mainActivity | silver mining ⓘ |
| member |
James Clair Flood
NERFINISHED
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James Graham Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ John William Mackay NERFINISHED ⓘ William S. O’Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | amassing vast fortunes from the Comstock Lode ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 4 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Comstock Lode
NERFINISHED
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Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia City, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceOfWealth |
control of major Comstock mining companies
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shares in Comstock Lode mines ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | among the richest men in the United States of their era ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Bonanza Kings