Colonel David Howell Jackson, born on December 8, 1833 in Ohio, most famously served as manager of the Comstock Mining Company. He was superintendent of various other mining companies such as the Holmes Mining Company and vice president of the North Tonopah Gold Mining Company. He retired to Southern California and passed away on January 30, 1925.
Source:
Blanch Jackson Photograph Collection, approximately 1900-1941. PH-00243. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.