The illustration portrays a celebration by current and past elected officials, dignitaries and Comstock Mining’s key players, John V. Winfield, Corrado De Gasperis and Ron James.  There appears to be a signing of a purported proclamation as several folks whoop it with a toast. Many of the residents of Gold Hill, Silver City, Dayton and

On Wednesday May 25, six representatives of the Progressive Alliance of Nevada called on Daniel Kappes to stop the tear-gassing of residents peacefully protesting the contamination of their water by the KCA-owned El Tambor gold mine. Guatemalan Army and police injured 20 men, women and children as they cleared the road for the KCA mining

April 25, 2014 To: Nevada Mining Association From: Joe McCarthy, Comstock Residents Association Subject: Earth Day 2014: Could Gold Hill and Silver City disappear from this earth? The current Industrial scale mining on the Comstock is a “Billboard of Shame.” While a few investors make money, the Virginia Range’s sensitive environment is being obliterated, our