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Sutro Tunnel Company Stock Certificate (103505)

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Sutro Tunnel Company Stock Certificate   (103505)
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Issued soon after the tunnel was completed! Inc. in California. No. F217, issued for 5 shares to W.W. Carnighan Jr. on Dec. 6, 1878 or 79. Signed by Elliot J. Wood as president and Pelham Ames as secretary. Not cancelled. Brown border, black print, two vignettes: Native American (top center) and mining (bottom center). Printed by National Bank Note Co., New York. Heavy folds, small tape repairs. 7.5 x 12" This company was eventually saved and reincorporated as the Comstock Tunnel Company by Theodore Sutro. Construction began on the tunnel in 1869, completed in 1878. Adolph Sutro resigned in 1879. Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1878/79
State/Country: Nevada
City/County: Comstock, Virginia City