Comstock Lode / Sutro Tunnel Excavation/Construction Manuscript Notebook 1875

Description

Sutro Tunnel Excavation/Construction Manuscript Notebook
Author:
[Comstock Lode]
Title:
Sutro Tunnel Excavation/Construction Manuscript Notebook
Publication:
[San Francisco]: [Edward Denney & Co.], 1875
Description:
[102]pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Leather boards with Sutro Project - Browne + Hoffmann - Tahoe [?] - Virginia City. Some wear to the covers and minor wear internally.
Manuscript notebook related to the excavation and construction of the Sutro Tunnel that contains tables, schematics, notes, and short progress updates. Manuscript content to almost every page. Adolph Sutro was an influential businessman in California and Nevada. He arrived in San Francisco in 1850. In 1859, he relocated to Nevada and established a mill, which he called the Metallurgical Works, in East Dayton, Nevada. His most famous project was the Sutro Tunnel, which ventilated the mines of the Comstock Lode and allowed Miners to safely bring out ores. Construction of the Sutro Tunnel commenced in 1873 and concluded in 1879, this ledger covers October and December of 1875.
Seller ID:
7098
Subject:
California
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