The first court case arising out of the controversy over pit-mining in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark has been decided in Storey County’s favor. Curiously, the County was arguing for the other side.

Comstock Residents Association presents at the March 28, 2013 meeting of the Nevada Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission. On March 28, 2013, Nevada’s Mining Oversight & Accountability Commission (http://tax.state.nv.us/moac.htm) asked the Comstock Residents Association to present “information regarding possible degradation of the Virginia City National Landmark as a result of mining operations” at its upcoming meeting

Nevada Expressions II The second annual Nevada Expressions Show and Sale was held at the Sierra Arts Gallery in the Riverside Hotel in downtown Reno on Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21. Paintings predominated, but other media are represented and the artists are among the most celebrated in the state. The event is an

The Comstock Residents Association conducted a workshop session at Preserve Nevada’s annual symposium on historic preservation issues in Nevada in Las Vegas, NV on December 1, 2012.  CRA lead a discussion on preservation and protection of the approximately 17,000 acres of pristine cultural landscape of the Virginia City National Historic Landmark (VCNHL). The symposium is

The iconic characters of the Motherlode, Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain, and Harry Gorham, legendary miner, returned to the scene of their great escapades to bring a benefit to the people of the Comstock in an evening of storytelling and mirth, with a Miner’s Supper and of course, spirits. McAvoy Layne as Sam Clemens and

Here’s an update on the ongoing degradation and destruction of the Virginia City National Historic Landmark by Comstock Mining Inc. I reported previously on the topic here. At the Storey County Commission meeting on July 7, 2012, County Manager Pat Whitten announced the County would henceforth ignore Condition 5 of CMI’s Special Use Permit. Condition

The Storey County Commission accepted the recommendation to grant CMI its second SUP in a dramatically reduced boundary, attaching 37 explicit regulatory conditions before allowing drilling in the Virginia City National Historic Landmark.