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Sutro Tunnel company town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Seated Liberty and Morgan dollars, Indian Head cents.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1869-1920 Comstock drainage tunnel town
Company town at the lower portal of Adolph Sutro's tunnel, dug from 1869 to 1878 to drain and ventilate the Comstock Lode. It had 600 to 800 people, a church, a weekly newspaper and a post office until 1920.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
tunnel portal, deteriorating structures
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