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THB1874 Virginia City Nevada Lecture on Mines and Mining, delivered by Adolph Sutro
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1874 "Lecture on Mines and Mining, delivered by Adolph Sutro" Virginia City, Nevada Newspaper Supplement
October 31, 1874-Dated, Newspaper Supplement, "The Daily Independent", Virginia City, Nevada, With "Lecture on Mines and Mining, delivered by Adolph Sutro," Very Fine.
This original Supplement to The Daily Independent measures about 18" x 24" and 4 pages. It is devoted to a "Lecture on Mines and Mining, delivered by Adolph Sutro." Here, Adolph Sutro explains the process he undertook to to gain control of lands he intended to use to construct the "Sutro Tunnel", his plan to gain access to the Comstock lode. Numerous illustrations and descriptions throughout.
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 - August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode. Several places in San Francisco bear his name in remembrance of his life and contributions to the city.
SUTRO TUNNEL: In 1860, Sutro left San Francisco for Virginia City, Nevada after silver was found in Comstock Lode with plans to continue selling cigars. However, he soon came up with an idea for a tunnel to drain the water from the mines to remove the threat of flooding. This idea would become known as the Sutro Tunnel.
In 1865 Sutro incorporated the Sutro Tunnel Company and was granted an exclusive charter to build the tunnel by the U.S. Congress in 1866. The project encountered financial difficulties, due in part to William Ralston of the Bank of California, who originally agreed to finance the project but later rescinded the offer. Over time, Sutro found other investors, including miners in the area. Sutro won miners' support after a disaster at the Yellow Jacket Mine on April 7, 1869 allowed him to lobby the Miner's Union in support of the Sutro Tunnel and construction began on October 19, 1869.
According to historian Samuel Dickson, "... Sutro set off blasts of dynamite, ... leading the way for tunnel diggers" during the tunnel's construction. The tunnel was completed in 1878 and made Sutro the King of Comstock because it could drain four million gallons of water daily and was rented by mine owners at an average of $10,000 a day.
After a year of running the tunnel, issues arose between Sutro and his partners, leading to his departure in 1879. Soon after Sutro left the company, the output of Comstock Lode dropped along with stock prices
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