Editing Comstock Lode (section)

===Gold Hill Discovery===
Four miners discovered the Gold Hill outcropping, at the head of Gold Canyon, making placer claims after finding traces of gold on January 28, 1859.  They were James Finney ("Old Virginny"; a contemporary rumor was that he changed his name from Fennimore to Finney after murdering a man), John Bishop ("Big French John"), Aleck Henderson, and Jack Yount.

These claims were followed by claims from Lemuel S. "Sandy" Bowers (see [[Bowers Mansion]]), Joseph Plato, Henry Comstock, James Rogers, and William Knight.  In the spring of 1859, after digging down to a depth of about ten feet, they found a gold-rich reddish quartz vein.  Their discovery was actually part of the Comstock Lode, the Old Red Ledge.<ref name=Smith/>{{rp|5–6}} The four men are therefore credited with the rediscovery of the mine previously found by the Grosh brothers.<ref name="Comstock History" />