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Lode of silver ore in Virginia City, Nevada, United States
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then
Comstock_Lode
Mining operation in Tasmania, Australia
Comstock mining operation in West Coast, Tasmania is at mine site is situated 4 km west of the township of Zeehan along Trial Harbour Road and neighbours
Comstock_Mine
American mining engineer (1832–1916)
Babcock, a trustee of the Ophir Mine, part of the Comstock Lode silver mining boom in Nevada, and solved one of the Comstock mines' most critical engineering
Philip_Deidesheimer
Census-designated place in Nevada, United States
mid-1870s. The Comstock's most productive year was 1876, when mines yielded an estimated $36 million in gold and silver. By the mid-1870s, Comstock production
Virginia_City,_Nevada
American oil tycoon (1856-1935)
area, leasing and developing with great success the Comstock Mine (not to be confused with the Comstock Lode of Virginia City, Nevada). Doheny declined to
Edward_L._Doheny
Canadian miner (1820–1870)
Lode was the richest silver mine in American history. Comstock was born at Wooler, Upper Canada, the son of Noah Bird Comstock and Catherine Tompkins. He
Henry_Comstock
Mines in Tasmania, Australia
Mine, Zeehan Colebrook Mine, Rosebery Comet Mine, Dundas Comstock Mine, Zeehan Cumberland Tin Mine, Mount Heemskirk Curtin Davis Mine, Dundas Dundas Extended
List of mines of the West Coast, Tasmania
List_of_mines_of_the_West_Coast,_Tasmania
Unincorporated community in Nevada, US
the Comstock era and served as an important staging point between nearby mines and ore-processing mills along the Carson River. Although its mines never
Silver_City,_Nevada
Three tramways in Tasmania
Comstock Tram – at Mount Lyell was a tramway from the main area of the Mount Lyell mine works, up the west side of Mount Lyell to the Comstock mine.
Comstock_Tram
Mountain range in the United States
used in mining. The Comstock Lode was a major center for logging, with operations supplying lumber for the construction of mine structures, such as tunnels
Sierra_Nevada
Hycroft Mine (1.82 million oz), the Phoenix Mine (1.65 million oz), the Midas Mine (1.49 million oz) and Round Mountain (0.58 million oz). Comstock Tonopah
Silver_mining_in_Nevada
Minor shaft between mine levels
A winze is a minor connection between different levels in a mine. When worked upwards from a lower level it is usually called a raise; when sunk downward
Winze
Town in Tasmania, Australia
Office tower. The mining operation at the original Mount Lyell mine continues, with Copper Mines of Tasmania operating between 1995 and 1999 independently
Queenstown,_Tasmania
Topics referred to by the same term
of Cornell University Comstock High School, near Kalamazoo, Michigan Comstock Lode and mines in Virginia City, Nevada Comstock canned pie filling, line
Comstock
Town in Tasmania, Australia
the Zeehan Zinc smelter slag and matte. Australian Hualong Pt Ltd – Comstock Mine. In 2018, construction began on the $280 million Granville Harbour Wind
Zeehan
the nearby Comstock Mine after a worker got spooked by an entity while preparing the area for tours, and also investigate the Union Tunnel Mine, which is
List of Ghost Adventures episodes
List_of_Ghost_Adventures_episodes
Former settlement in California, United States
demoralization within the town due to competition from the Comstock mines in Virginia City, Nevada (see Comstock Lode). Many residents moved to Indian and Honey
Elizabethtown,_California
World's largest open-pit copper mine, located in Utah, United States
from the Bingham Canyon Mine is greater than the Comstock Lode, Klondike, and California gold rush mining regions combined. Mines in Chile, Indonesia, Arizona
Bingham_Canyon_Mine
Historic site
connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada. It begins at Dayton, Nevada, and connects 3.88 miles (6.24 km) Northwest to the Savage mine in Virginia
Sutro_Tunnel
Town in Nevada
developed into a major mining and milling center on the Comstock Lode in the 1860s and 1870s, with mines such as the Yellow Jacket, Crown Point, Kentuck, and
Gold_Hill,_Nevada
Port and locality in Western Tasmania, Australia
Pearce Piguenit Piners Sticht Whitham Mining Comstock Mine Copper Mines Henty Gold Mine Mount Jukes Mine sites Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount
Regatta_Point
Lake in California and Nevada, United States
supplied large timbers to shore up the underground workings of the Comstock mines. The logging was so extensive that loggers cut down almost all of the
Lake_Tahoe
U.S. Navy dock landing ship
USS Comstock (LSD-19) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first navy ship named in honor of the Comstock Lode
USS_Comstock_(LSD-19)
United States historic place
who came from Virginia City, Nevada where Joseph had worked in the Comstock Mine. He worked as a miner for the Ontario Silver Mining Company for many
Joseph_J._Jenkins_House
Dam in Tasmania, Australia
eastern shore include the Princess River, Nelson River; to the west the Comstock Creek flows in from the valley between Mount Lyell and Mount Sedgwick.
Crotty_Dam
Inactive mine in Pinal County, Arizona
US$42 million worth of silver ore between 1875 and 1900. The mine is located on four patented claims in Comstock Wash, about 1 mile west of Kings Crown Peak and about
Silver_King_Mine
American businessman and politician (1820–1891)
the Comstock Lode and the Ophir mine in Nevada, the Ontario silver mine in Utah, the Pacific mine in Pinos Altos, New Mexico, the Homestake gold mine in
George_Hearst
Railway line in California, US
increased the frequency and reliability of connecting service. In 1878 Comstock mine owners James G. Fair and James C. Flood were brought as equal partners
South_Pacific_Coast_Railroad
Mountain in Tasmania, Australia
Mount Lyell, known as the Comstock mine. In the late twentieth century, just west of the Comstock workings was a section of the mine known as Cape Horn. The
Mount_Lyell_(Tasmania)
Irish-American industrialist (1831–1902)
partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada. He was one of the richest Americans in his time
John_William_Mackay
American composer, arranger, conductor, and trombonist
Frank G. Comstock (September 20, 1922 – May 21, 2013) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, and trombonist. For television, Comstock wrote and
Frank_Comstock
Horizontal entrance shaft to an underground mine
whole Gwennap mining area, and the 3.9 miles (6.3 km) Sutro Tunnel at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. A side benefit of driving such extensive
Adit
American politician (1829–1912)
Nevada, where he was superintendent of the Crown Point silver mine which was part of the Comstock Lode. When a body of silver ore was stuck in 1870, Jones
John P. Jones (Nevada politician)
John_P._Jones_(Nevada_politician)
U.S. National Guard component for the state of Nevada
maintain peace and protect the Overland Trail. From 1880 to 1900, the Comstock mines dried up and the Silver State's population plummeted. During this time
Nevada_National_Guard
Heritage railroad in Virginia City, Nevada
constructed beginning in 1869 to haul ore, lumber and supplies for the Comstock Lode silver mines. After the federal and state governments began competing with
Virginia_and_Truckee_Railroad
Historic district in Nevada, United States
Storey County, NV", 4 photos HABS No. NV-10-1, "Sutro Tunnel Entrance, Comstock Mines vicinity, Dayton vicinity, Lyon County, NV", 1 photo HABS No. NV-13-30
Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada)
Virginia_City_Historic_District_(Virginia_City,_Nevada)
American businessman and politician (1831–1894)
investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode. Fair later
James_G._Fair
City in South Dakota, United States
mining boundaries that resulted in a deliberate explosion of the nearby Comstock Mine and the death of one man. A miners' sit-down strike occurred and a cavalry
Central_City,_South_Dakota
Local government area in Tasmania, Australia
Pearce Piguenit Piners Sticht Whitham Mining Comstock Mine Copper Mines Henty Gold Mine Mount Jukes Mine sites Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount
West_Coast_Council
Tasmanian state electoral division
Pearce Piguenit Piners Sticht Whitham Mining Comstock Mine Copper Mines Henty Gold Mine Mount Jukes Mine sites Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount
Division_of_Braddon_(state)
Dam in West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
portal Australia portal List of reservoirs and dams in Tasmania Henty Gold Mine "Register of Large Dams Australia-2015" (Excel. Requires download. Row 231)
Henty_Dam
Former mining and railway company of Queenstown, Tasmania
mine lease and indicate a separate orebody and operating life: Iron Blow (1883–1929) North Lyell (1896–1972) Royal Tharsis (1902–1991) Lyell Comstock
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
Mount_Lyell_Mining_and_Railway_Company
Mineral deposit that forms in the shallow subsurface
Epithermal Gold Deposits". 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2024-02-06. "Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA". Hudson, Donald
Epithermal_vein_deposit
Part of a rock body that holds ore
Horace (1943). The History Of The Comstock Lode. Reno, Nevada: Nevada State Bureau of Mines and the Mackay School of Mines. OCLC 3145590. Staff (2007). "Cannington
Lode
Railways and tramways in Western Tasmania
and forest areas. Comstock Tramway, Zeehan Zeehan to Comstock – 2 ft (610 mm) Comstock Tramway, Mount Lyell Queenstown to Comstock Mine – 2 ft (610 mm)
Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
Railways_on_the_West_Coast_of_Tasmania
American prostitute
American sex worker in Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown serving the Comstock Lode silver mine. She was murdered in 1867, and a French drifter named John Millain
Julia_Bulette
American businessman
February 21, 1889) was an American businessman who made a fortune from the Comstock Lode in Nevada. His mining operations are recounted to this day as an outstanding
James_Clair_Flood
Danish merchant and author
Central Pacific Railroad to Reno, Nevada, where he stopped to tour the Comstock mines via an unpleasant stagecoach journey: ...perched on some boxes on the
Ludvig_Verner_Helms
Hotel in Nevada, United States
determined that Virginia City would become a permanent city because of the Comstock mines. That year, construction began on a new three-story brick hotel addition
International Hotel (Virginia City)
International_Hotel_(Virginia_City)
the Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1858. The industry suffered after the demonetization of silver in 1873 by the Coinage Act of 1873. United States mines produced
Silver mining in the United States
Silver_mining_in_the_United_States
Mine near Park City, Utah
including the Ophir on the Comstock Lode, the Homestake Mine (South Dakota), and the Anaconda Copper Mine (Montana). The mine also made manager Chambers
Ontario_silver_mine
Extraction of silver from the ground
major silver ore deposits in the United States were discovered at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1859. By the 1870's, silver production
Silver_mining
American record label
launched Comstock Records in 1978 and named the company after the Comstock Lode, a gold and silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Parker became Comstock's producer
Comstock_Records
Mine in Western Australia
Creek Copper Mine is a copper oxide mine, located in the City of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In 2019, the mine was found to have
Whim_Creek_copper_mine
Light railway in Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
railway, and even after arriving at the Comstock, the distance from then to the railway is further than from the mine by the subsequently built line, Further
Grubb's_Tramway_(Zeehan)
Vegas Sterling Long Canyon Borealis Round Mountain Denton-Rawhide Robinson Comstock Lode Gold Bar Aurora Mineral Ridge Reno Ruby Hill, Eureka Goldfield Bald
Gold_mining_in_Nevada
Highway in Nevada
the mines in Virginia City. This highway was the principal highway between Virginia City and Carson City and has been in use since the Comstock Lode
Nevada_State_Route_342
Nevada by those who became rich as a result of the Comstock Lode mining boom. By 1865, the Nevada mines were reaching the end of their heyday. Rich and miserable
Sandy_Bowers
brothers, Charles and Johnny Gore, in 1862 to Nevada in the days of the Comstock Mines. They stayed at Buckland's Station for two days and then moved to Dayton
Fanny_G._Hazlett
State-protected site in California
Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Empire_Mine_State_Historic_Park
American mining company
the Comstock Lode in Nevada the Ophir mine in Nevada the Ontario silver mine in Utah the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota. the Anaconda Copper Mine in
Hearst,_Haggin,_Tevis_and_Co.
silver mines on the Comstock Lode, and in 1873 discovered the great orebody known as the "Big Bonanza" in the Consolidated Virginia and California Mine, an
William_S._O'Brien
American businessman and racehorse breeder
harvested throughout much of the basin for beams to support silver mine tunnels in the Comstock Lode. In 1880, Baldwin bought the resort when it went into foreclosure
Lucky_Baldwin
Over-focus on minor social differences
2016-09-10. An Interview With Freud Biographer Peter D. Kramer by Paul Comstock, April 3, 2007 Group Psychology and Political Theory, By C. Fred. Alford
Narcissism of small differences
Narcissism_of_small_differences
United States Federal Statute
geology program providing geological studies of mining districts (e.g., Comstock Lode and Leadville mining district) and examinations relevant to efficient
Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910
Federal_Mines_Safety_Act_of_1910
United States historic place
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota state park at the site of the Soudan Underground Mine, on the south shore of Lake Vermilion
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Lake_Vermilion-Soudan_Underground_Mine_State_Park
from trees growing along the shore of Lake Tahoe to the silver mines of the Comstock Lode. Between 1872 and 1898 C&TL&F transferred 750 million board
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
Carson_and_Tahoe_Lumber_and_Fluming_Company
American stage actress (1866–1942)
Nanette Comstock (July 17, 1866 – June 24, 1942) was an American actress whose career on stage spanned nearly 35 years. She appeared on both the New York
Nanette_Comstock
American entrepreneur
three children, Klauber began to tire of the hard mountain life. The Comstock mines had begun to slow production, and the establishment of the transcontinental
Abraham_Klauber
Historic house in Minnesota, United States
The Comstock House is a historic house museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It was built for Solomon Comstock and his family from 1882 to 1883
Comstock_House
company that operated a gold mine in Shasta County, California. A 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad connecting the mine to the nearby town of Delta,
Delta Consolidated Mining Company
Delta_Consolidated_Mining_Company
the Comstock-Mountain Lion mine, west of Cedar City, in Iron County, Utah. The mine shut down in October 2014. Operated by CML Metals, Inc. the mine produced
Iron mining in the United States
Iron_mining_in_the_United_States
year old worker from the Comstock mines was seriously injured when a bolster returning to Queenstown overturned on the Comstock rail line. About 25 men
Railway_accidents_in_Tasmania
Naturally occurring pure metallic silver mineral
centered on silver extraction. The Virginia Range in Nevada, host to the Comstock Lode, the first major silver discovery in the United States. Historic stone
Native_silver
United States historic place
drainage tunnels in other mining districts include the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock Lode in Nevada, and the Leadville Tunnel and the Yak Tunnel at Leadville
Argo_Tunnel
American businessman (1841–1900)
rich silver diggings now known as the Comstock Lode, in 1860. Daly gained experience in the mines of the Comstock under the direction of John William Mackay
Marcus_Daly
Historical place in Tuolumne County, United States
office opened with a population of 252. The largest mine in the region was the Eagle-Shawmut mine. A Jacksonville historical marker is on a Vista point
Jacksonville,_California
by David Comstock, and “The Christine Freeman Directory,” Searls Historical Library, Nevada City, California. Papers compiled by David Comstock, and "The
Charles Marsh (railroad builder)
Charles_Marsh_(railroad_builder)
County in California, United States
Volume one – 1850 through 1852. Grass Valley, Calif: Comstock Bonanza Press. Comstock, D. A., & Comstock, A. H. (1999). Nevada County vital statistics, 1850–1869
Nevada_County,_California
Hobby of visiting abandoned mines
outright, or create an explosion. Coal mines are especially prone to containing these gases. The mines of the Comstock Lode Nevada are also very prone to
Mine_exploration
Defunct mine in Lincoln County, Nevada
Groom Mine, located in Lincoln County, Nevada, first opened in the 1870s. Most mining in the area, mostly of silver chloride ores, had finished by 1874
Groom_Mine
19th-century Nevada pioneer
the Comstock Lode began to play out in 1863 resulting in a deepening depression throughout 1864. Sandy moved back to Gold Hill to help save the mine. With
Eilley_Bowers
Mining in the English counties
announced that a new mine was extracting battery-grade lithium carbonate, more than 20 years after the closure of the last South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall in
Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon
Historic house in Nevada, United States
Chollar, a miner whose Chollar Mine, later merged with Potosi Mine to form the Chollar-Potosi Mine, tapped part of the Comstock Lode, and yielded enormous
Chollar_Mansion
City in Arizona, United States
available for pumping water out of mines below 400 feet (120 m) was the Cornish engine, which had been used at the Comstock Lode in the 1870s. They bought
Tombstone,_Arizona
City in California, United States
Empire Mine, 1850–1956, Grass Valley:Empire Mine Park Association, ISBN 9780931892073 McKinney, Gage (2016). MacBoyle's Gold. Santa Rosa: Comstock Bonanza
Grass_Valley,_California
California Gold sites Chili Gulch Sutter's Mill Reading's Bar Empire Mine Early US mining Comstock Lode Copper mining in Michigan Part of a series on Gold mining
Chinese in the California gold rush
Chinese_in_the_California_gold_rush
Four men who founded Flood and O'Brien
Virginia Silver Mine near Virginia City, Nevada, from a number of smaller claims on the Comstock Lode and later added the nearby California mine. Mackay and
Bonanza_Kings
Mine is a United States superfund site (CERCLIS ID: CAD98067685) at an abandoned open-pit sulfur mine located in Alpine County, California. The mine is
Leviathan_Mine
This is a list of show mines, that are currently open to the public. Focus is on underground mining activity. Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap
List_of_show_mines
Former settlement in California, United States
California Gold sites Chili Gulch Sutter's Mill Reading's Bar Empire Mine Early US mining Comstock Lode Copper mining in Michigan Part of a series on Gold mining
Tuolumne City, Stanislaus County, California
Tuolumne_City,_Stanislaus_County,_California
Ghost town in Mono County
(thought to be in California, later found to be Nevada), and the distant Comstock Lode beneath Virginia City, Nevada. But while these two towns boomed, interest
Bodie,_California
Former State park in Minnesota, United States
Hill-Annex Mine State Park is a former state park of Minnesota, United States, interpreting the open-pit mining heritage of the Mesabi Range. The park
Hill-Annex_Mine_State_Park
Ghost town in California, United States
California Gold sites Chili Gulch Sutter's Mill Reading's Bar Empire Mine Early US mining Comstock Lode Copper mining in Michigan Part of a series on Gold mining
Dog_Town,_California
Chosin Chung-Hoon Cincinnati Cleveland Cole Colorado Columbia Columbus Comstock Connecticut Constitution Cooperstown Curtis Wilbur Daniel Inouye Decatur
List of current ships of the United States Navy
List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy
American socialite (1871–1926)
of a hard-scrabble California miner to become heiress to a fortune in Comstock Lode gold and silver, the wife of steamship magnate Hermann Oelrichs, mistress
Theresa_Fair_Oelrichs
English actress (born 1950)
Dashwood 1996 The Leading Man Liz Flett 1997 Keep the Aspidistra Flying Julia Comstock 1998 Bedrooms and Hallways Sybil The Governess Mrs. Cavendish 1999 Onegin
Harriet_Walter
UK music group from Brighton
Country" / "Body Of Mine" (2024) "Company Culture" (2024) "Big Dick Energy" (2024) "Love" (2024) "Cult of Celebrity" (2026) Comstock-Kershaw, Victoria (11
Lambrini_Girls
Historic site under Folsom Lake in California
California Gold sites Chili Gulch Sutter's Mill Reading's Bar Empire Mine Early US mining Comstock Lode Copper mining in Michigan Part of a series on Gold mining
Mormon_Island,_California
Women's college in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878–1999)
were in awe of 'Miss Comstock ... and knew even then that we had been touched by a vanishing breed of female educator. Ada Comstock had an extraordinary
Radcliffe_College
COMSTOCK MINE
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Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant’, ‘apprentice’, or ‘miner’.German : in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.German and western Slavic : variant of Knabe.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bostock in Cheshire (Botestoch in Domesday Book), so named with an Old English personal name BÅta (see Bott) + Old English stoc ‘place’.
Surname or Lastname
English (South Yorkshire)
English (South Yorkshire) : habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly Beswick.English (South Yorkshire) : perhaps a variant of Bostock.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gurney.Altered spelling of Polish Gorny.Possibly an altered spelling of German Gornig, Görnig, occupational names for a miner, from Polish góra ‘mountain’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire called Lumb, both apparently originally named with Old English lum(m) ‘pool’. The word is not independently attested, but appears also in Lomax and Lumley, and may be reflected in the dialect term lum denoting a well for collecting water in a mine. In some instances the name may be topographical for someone who lived by a pool, Middle English lum(m).English : variant of Lamb.Chinese : variant of Lin 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Lan.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sudhakara | ஸà¯à®¤à®¾à®•à®°Â
Mine of nectar
Sudhakara | ஸà¯à®¤à®¾à®•à®°Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Leader of fish
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Norfolk)
English (chiefly Norfolk) : metronymic from a medieval female personal name, Minna (see Minett).
Surname or Lastname
Altered spelling of French Minot, written thus to preserve the final -t, which is pronounced in Canadian French.English
Altered spelling of French Minot, written thus to preserve the final -t, which is pronounced in Canadian French.English : variant of Minett.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. The word represents an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French mine ‘mine’ (a word of Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic mein ‘ore’, ‘mine’).
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gormáin and Ó Gormáin ‘son (or descendant) of Gormán’, a personal name from a diminutive of gorm ‘dark blue’, ‘noble’. Compare O’Gorman.English : from the Middle English personal name Gormund, Old English GÄrmund, composed of the elements gÄr ‘spear’ + mund ‘protection’.English : topographic name for someone who lived by or on a triangular patch of land (see Gore).German (Görmann) : variant of Gehrmann.German (Görmann) : of Slavic origin, occupational name for a miner, from Slavic góra ‘mountain’.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German Diamant, Demant ‘diamond’, or Yiddish dime(n)t, going back to Middle High German dÄ«emant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone). The name is mostly ornamental, one of the many Ashkenazic surnames based on mineral names, though in some cases it may have been adopted by a jeweler.English : variant of Dayman (see Day). Forms with the excrescent d are not found before the 17th century; they are at least in part the result of folk etymology.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin ‘descendant of Diamán’, earlier DÃomá or Déamán, a diminutive of DÃoma, itself a pet form of Diarmaid (see McDermott).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian : from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from places named with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. The English name has been established in Ireland since the Middle Ages, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for an engraver, from Old English grafere, græfere ‘engraver’, ‘sculptor’ (Old French graveur). It is possible that the name was also an occupational name for a miner, from Old English grafan ‘to dig’.German (also Gräver) : variant of Graber.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Miner.German : nickname, meaning ‘small(er)’, from Latin minor ‘less’, ‘smaller’.French : nickname meaning ‘younger’, from the same word as in 2.
Surname or Lastname
English (Sheffield)
English (Sheffield) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Minette.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ratnakar | ரதà¯à®¨à®¾à®•à®°
Mine of jewels, Sea
Ratnakar | ரதà¯à®¨à®¾à®•à®°
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : probably a habitational name from an unidentified place.
Female
German
Short form of German Wilhelmine, MINE means "will-helmet."
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COMSTOCK MINE
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
From the Hillside Farm
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
1000 Springs
Girl/Female
Indian
Compassionate, Merciful
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Power of Guru
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
British, English, Scottish
Rocky Town; Border Dweller
Girl/Female
Arabic
Served
Boy/Male
Tamil
Jaya Prateek | ஜய பà¯à®°à®¤à®¿à®•Â
Victory symbol
Boy/Male
Tamil
Indraneel | இஂதà¯à®°à®¨à¯€à®²
Emerald
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lamp of the Rose Garden
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n.
The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
v. i.
An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
a.
Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.
n.
The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
a.
Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
adv.
According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.
v. i.
To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Mineralize
v. i.
Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
n.
The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
n.
One versed in minerals; mineralogist.
n.
One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
pl.
of Mineralogy
a.
Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
imp. & p. p.
of Mineralize
v. i.
To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.
n.
An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
v. i.
A mine.
v. t.
To transform into a mineral.
v. t.
To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.