Manuscripts

(45) LECTURE ON MINES AND MINING. Delivered by Adolph Sutro, at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, and in all the principal towns and mining camps in the state of Nevada. Virginia City, 4 pp. 18 × 24 inches, caption title; text in 8 columns. The Daily Independent Supplement, Virginia City, American Imprints Inventory, Nevada 177

Description

There is also another copy cut apart and pasted to separate sheets for use when showing the slides.

This lecture was a history of mining in the Comstock and of the Sutro Tunnel, but it was also a political effort to prevent William Sharon of the Bank of California from being elected Nevada State Senator, but despite Sutro's efforts Sharon was elected, although later the Bank of California lost its power.

Type

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Date

October 31, 1874.

1874.

Call number

mssNevadar

Provenance

Purchased from H. A. Levinson, February 27, 1963.

Purchased from Yale Brown, May 16, 1963.

Restrictions

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Rights

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Associated people

Bliss, Duane L. (1831-1894.)

Fair, James Graham, (1825-1910.)

Mills, Darius O. (1826-1875.)

Ralston, William Chapman, (1821-1885.)

Sharon, William,

Yerington, Henry M.

Associated organizations

Carson and Colorado Railroad.

Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company.

Lake Tahoe Railroad and Transportation Company.

Virginia & Truckee Railroad.

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