The Comstock Lode was a major discovery of silver and gold ore, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, in the Virginia Range. The location is now located under Virginia City, Nevada. The discovery was made public in 1859.
'Yellowbacks' were gold certificates issued by banks in place of gold coinage, and were so-called due to the yellow-orange colour of their backs. These were replaced by paper money later on - 'greenbacks'.
Nevada was the first time, Richard Martin played Chito in a Western. Richard Martin had played the role of Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamonte Rafferty before in the 1943 WW2 drama Bombardier. He would go on to play the role a total of 33 times. Twenty-nine of those times would be with Tim Holt. John Laurenz would also play Chito in two films.
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Philadelphia Sunday 3 June 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6) and in Altoona Wednesday 27 June 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10); it first aired in both San Francisco and Memphis Wednesday 22 August 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5) and on WHBQ (Channel 13), in New York City Wednesday 29 August 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in Fort Worth Friday 14 September 1956 on WBAP (Channel 5), in Los Angeles Saturday 13 October 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), in Wilkes-Barre Saturday 17 November 1956 on WILK (Channel 34), in Washington DC Friday 23 November 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5), and in Boston Friday 30 November 1956 on WNAC (Channel 7).