Carson City, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Tribute to Nevada Miners

Adolph Sutro

— 1830-1898 —

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Inscription.
Adolph Sutro engineered and constructed the Sutro Tunnel. Approximately four miles long, the Tunnel runs in a westerly direction intersecting the Comstock Lode some 1600 feet under Virginia City. The portal is near Dayton, Nevada. The Tunnel drained the hot, sulfurous waters from the Lode. The Tunnel construction commenced in 1869 and was completed in 1878. The Sutro Tunnel is considered one of the great engineering achievements of the 19th Century.

Tribute to Nevada Miners
October 31, 1983
A Gift From the Nevada Mining Industry to the State of Nevada in Cooperation with the Nevada Mining Association. Presented on Behalf of the Industry by Timothy Collins, President of United Mining Corporation. Accepted and Dedicated by the Twenty-Sixth Governor of Nevada, The Hon. Richard H. Bryan
Major DonorsAnaconda Minerals Company, The Cashman Family, Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company, Freeport Gold Company, Nerco Minerals Company, Smoky Valley Mining Company, United Mining Corporation.

DonorsAmselco Minerals Inc., Carlin Gold Mining Company, Exxon Minerals Company, The Flowery Gold Mines Company of Nevada, FRM Minerals, Inc., Homestake Mining Company, McDermitt Mine, Pinson Mining Company, Placer Amex, Inc., Sunshine Mining Company, Tenneco Minerals Company, Western States Minerals Corporation.

ContributorsArthur Baker III, James W. Beasley, Jr., Ann E. Bieri, Dennis Blancey, Richard J. Bosio, Weston Bourret, Rick H. Busig, Sonya Cardwell, Michael W. Cassiday, H.B. Chessher, Donld W. Coates, Coates Drilling, Inc., Timothy Collins, Katherine Collins, Veronica Collins, R.S. Crial, Cyprus Northumberland, Margery Dallas, Eugene D. Datz, Virginia J. Demmler, The Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. – Minerals Division, Eissmann-Pence & Associates, Pamela Frontino, Frost & Baker, Inc., Samuel Krail Garrett, Bernie Greenfield, Leo Greenfield, Andy Grose, Earl R. Haldeman, Dan Harper, Earl Harrison, David Hermiston, Hill Cassas de Lipkau & Erwin, Mary E. Hopkins, Donald E. Hopkins, Robert Merrill Hughes, James G. Hulse, Stanley C. Jacklin, Jr., Jeffery R. Jarboe, Elana Kalanj, Daniel W. Kappes, Joseph Kircher, Walt Kramer, Charles B. Leonard, Virginia Bowen Lester, Frank W. Lewis, Mary Lowery, Frank Lowery, Mr. & Mrs. J.D. McBeth, Dorothy A. McCollum, Philip N. McCollum, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph S. Mattson, John C. Miller, Don Mills, Nevada Resources Inc., Clyde Partin, Neil B. Prenn, Quaker Resources, Inc., Marcia Reardon, Ronald T. Robbins, Harvey Rubenstein, Kirk Schmidt, James B. Schryver, Shaw Construction Company, Sierra Welding Company, Lawrence E. Smith, Adalbert Solari, Pietro Solari, Jonathan Sprecher, Milton Steinheimer, David Toll, Paul Wang, Z.A. Williams, Women in Mining-Battle Mountain Chapter.

Artist: Greg Melton

Erected 1983

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 39° 9.793′ N, 119° 45.995′ W. Marker is in Carson City, Nevada. It can be reached from the intersection of South Carson Street (Business U.S. 395) and West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker and statue are located on the State Capitol grounds, between the Capitol and the Nevada Supreme Court Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 South Carson Street, Carson City NV 89701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lake Tahoe Basin

and in Greater Reno Area.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Felice Cohn (here, next to this marker); Ormsby House (within

Adolph Sutro Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 27, 2014

2. Adolph Sutro Sculpture

shouting distance of this marker); Kit Carson 1843 – 44 (within shouting distance of this marker); Nevada’s Capitol (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Van Santvoord Curry (within shouting distance of this marker); Carson City (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Charles Hotel (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Carson City (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carson City.

Also see . . .
1. Sutro Tunnel (Wikipedia). Adolph Sutro promoted the drainage tunnel to allow access to deeper mineral exploration in the Comstock. Flooding and inadequate pumps had inhibited some exploration until that time. By 1865, Sutro's idea had gained the approval of state and federal legislation. Sutro Tunnel Company, selling stock certificates to raise funds for its construction. The Sutro Tunnel pioneered the excavation of large drainage and access tunnels in the US. (Submitted on March 21, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Sutro Tunnel. Although several surviving buildings in the townsite of Sutro date from the nineteenth century,

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 27, 2014

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the most famous expression of the area's history is its much-photographed tunnel entrance. An elaborate brick façade, coated in plaster and whitewash, decorates the mouth of the tunnel. With its parapet and twin gated portals, the image of the Sutro Tunnel opening has become synonymous with the technological innovations and industrial might of the Comstock. (Submitted on March 21, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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