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Resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Sutro Tunnel Company

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    Sutro Tunnel Company letterbook

    Manuscripts

    Letterbook kept by C.C. Thomas, superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company, from March to November 1882. The letters describe company business and operating expenses, as well as repairs made on the Sutro Tunnel. Also includes a sketch showing the claim of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company.

    mssHM 74760

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    Adolph Sutro papers

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 2786 items from 1853 to 1931, it consists of personal and business correspondence, documents, and maps. Subjects in the collection related to San Francisco include businesses; the Sutro Baths; the Cliff House; land development including Sutro Heights; street railways; politics; and the Sutro Library. There is also material related to mining in Nevada, including the Sutro Mill; the Sutro Tunnel; and the Comstock Lode. Persons represented in the collection include: Edward D. Adams, Pelham W. Ames, Alexander Badlam, Charles A. Clinton, Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper, George W. Frink, Carl B. Glasscock, Theodore Krauss, Frank B. Mercer, Emma Merritt, George Moss, James D. Phelan, R.S. Raw, Charles Walter Sutro, Emil S. Sutro, Hugo Sutro, Leah Harris Sutro, and Theodore Sutro. Business corporations represented in the collection include the Sutro Baths; Sutro Library; Sutro Mill; Sutro Tunnel Company; U.S. Department of the Interior; and University of California Regents.

    mssSUT

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    Adolph Sutro lantern slides collection

    Visual Materials

    About 126 glass lantern slides used by Adolph Sutro to illustrate a lecture on the history of mining in the Comstock, and of the Sutro Tunnel. Size 3¼ x 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 x 4½ inches. 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines, and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel.

    photCL 508

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    First mortage income bond

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a four percent, thirty year first mortage income bond for the sum of five hundred dollars for the Comstock Tunnel Company, formerly known as the Sutro Tunnel Company, and presently known as the Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company. Printed form, filled in. Also includes two sheets of coupons, the first of which is missing several. "Cancelled" is stamped across the front.

    mssHM 37544

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    Certificate for shares of stock in the Meiggs Wharf Company

    Manuscripts

    Printed stock certificate for 10 shares of stock in the Meiggs Wharf Company, certified from Thomas Bell to Maurice Dore. The certificate is dated May 4, 1883, and is signed by Dore, the president of the Meiggs Wharf Company.

    mssHM 16546