Mineral specimens from the famous Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada are rare today, even in museums. The remoteness of the locality and lack of "showy" specimens precluded high-graders, other than for rich ore. The bonanza silver ores were depleted by 1878. This old-time, very rich silver ore consists of beautifully burnished, curved and curled, silver wires in a matrix of solid acanthite. The free-standing and clustered silver wires are fascinating. Ex. Irv Brown Collection.