Episodes

  • The Comstock Lode - Strike deep into the Wild West's richest vein with Jack Maddox

    The Comstock Lode - Strike deep into the Wild West's richest vein with Jack Maddox
    Apr 7 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he unearths the explosive true story of the Comstock Lode, the richest silver strike in American history built on lies, stolen claims, and underground fortunes. Through mining records and firsthand accounts, discover how this Nevada bonanza remade the American West.

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    1 min
  • Wild West - Comstock Lode - The Silver Kings and the Bank Crowd: Following the Money

    Wild West - Comstock Lode - The Silver Kings and the Bank Crowd: Following the Money
    Apr 7 2026
    Host Jack Maddox traces how four Irish immigrants—Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien—struck the Big Bonanza in 1873, producing $105 million in silver ore from Nevada's Comstock Lode. The episode examines their rise from saloonkeepers and miners to billionaires, their war with banker William Sharon's monopoly, and how Comstock silver financed San Francisco's growth and shaped Western American capitalism.

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    31 mins
  • Comstock Lode - Underground: Heat, Floods, and the Men Who Dug to 3,000 Feet

    Comstock Lode - Underground: Heat, Floods, and the Men Who Dug to 3,000 Feet
    Apr 7 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he explores the brutal underground world of Nevada's legendary Comstock Lode, where miners descended over 3,000 feet into scalding heat and darkness. Discover how Philip Deidesheimer's revolutionary square-set timbering enabled deeper excavation while simultaneously exposing workers to deadlier conditions in America's richest 19th-century silver mine.

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    27 mins
  • Wild West - The Liars, the Lucky, and the Lost: Who Really Discovered the Lode?

    Wild West - The Liars, the Lucky, and the Lost: Who Really Discovered the Lode?
    Apr 7 2026
    Host Jack Maddox explores the tangled discovery of the Comstock Lode, Nevada's legendary silver deposit. The real story involves tragic brothers, accidental water-diggers, and one audacious con artist who claimed it all. Maddox unravels who truly found America's richest silver vein—and why history got it spectacularly wrong.

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    26 mins