Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

American Flat Development Company correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: NC346
Abstract

Two letters from L.F.J. Wrinkle and James A. Yerington outline the location of veins of silver ore to be developed and the purposes of the company.,Also included is a list of company officers.

Dates: 1897; 1906
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / American Flat Development Company correspondence

Exchequer Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 95-53
Abstract The Exchequer Silver Mine is near Virginia City, Nevada. Historically the site has been part of the Comstock Lode-Gold Hill Mining District. This collection includes agreements from between the Exchequer Mining Company as part of the United Comstock Pumping Association and the Sutro Tunnel Company concerning the Sutro Tunnel; a list of papers on file with the Exchequer Company, compiled after 1912; an agreement with the Truckee River General Electric Company and the United Comstock Pumping...
Dates: 1891-1912
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Exchequer Mining Company Records

James M. Meehan Letter

 Collection
Identifier: NC134
Abstract

Letter from James M. Meehan, foreman of the Sutro Tunnel, in Lundy, Mono County, California to H. H. Slosson regarding a quartz vein cut [the Garfield Vein] by the south lateral of the Sutro Tunnel, ca 1881 and present prospects for working it.

Dates: March 4, 1909
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / James M. Meehan Letter

Nevada Imprints Microfilm Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 89-54
Abstract Miscellaneous items about Nevada subjects include Sutro Tunnel agreement mining laws of Reese River, Marysville, Mt. Airy, Peavine, White Pine, and Spruce Mountain mining districts theater playbills from Carson City paper on the Shoshone Indian dialect Nevada-California boundary messages and reports from state officials constitutions and bylaws of the Gold Hill Fire Department, Carson City Knights of Pythias, Gold Hill Miners' Union, and Washoe Typographical Union no. 65 and a 1885...
Dates: 1860-1889
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Nevada Imprints Microfilm Collection

Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: 90-15
Abstract

Research notes compiled by Stewart for his University of California dissertation on Adolph Sutro. The collection contains material from 1957-1958 created by Robert Ernest Stewart.

Dates: 1957-1958
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Notebook

Sutro Tunnel Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC07
Abstract The Sutro Tunnel Company was organized by Adolph Sutro for the purpose of constructing a drainage tunnel under the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Records related to organizing, publicizing, funding and constructing the Sutro Tunnel.,Included are transcripts of a court case; correspondence, which consist of letters and construction reports from company secretary Pelham W. Ames to Sutro; deeds; superintendents' reports; speeches; prospectus; certificate of incorporation and by-laws;...
Dates: 1861-1935
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Sutro Tunnel Company Records