Editing Adolph Sutro (section)

==Sutro Tunnel==
[[File:Sutro Tunnel Portal today.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance to [[Sutro Tunnel]]]]
In 1860, Sutro left San Francisco for Virginia City, Nevada after [[silver]] was found in the [[Comstock Lode]] with plans to continue selling cigars.<ref name=":0" /> He soon devised a concept for a tunnel to drain water from the mines and eliminate the threat of flooding. This concept became the [[Sutro Tunnel]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Legacy of tunnel shared with local history buffs |work=Reno Gazette Journal |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2016/09/28/legacy-tunnel-shared-local-history-buffs/91230674/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315080400/https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/leader-courier/2016/09/28/legacy-tunnel-shared-local-history-buffs/91230674/ |archive-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

In 1865 Sutro incorporated the Sutro Tunnel Company and was granted an exclusive charter to build the tunnel by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] in 1866.<ref name="Daily-Alta-California 1866 Jul 16" /> The project encountered financial difficulties, due in part to [[William Ralston]] (1826–1875) of the [[Bank of California]], who originally agreed to finance the project but later rescinded the offer.<ref name="Dickson 1947" /> Over time, Sutro found other investors, including miners in the area. Sutro won miners's support after a disaster at the [[Yellow Jacket Mine]] on April 7, 1869, allowing him to lobby the Miner's Union in support of the Sutro Tunnel<ref name="Dickson 1947" /> and begin construction on October 19, 1869.

According to historian Samuel Dickson ''(né'' Samuel Benjamin Dinkelspiel; 1889–1974), {{nowrap |" ... }} Sutro set off blasts of dynamite, {{nowrap | ... }} leading the way for tunnel diggers" during the tunnel's construction.<ref name="Dickson 1947" /> The tunnel was completed in 1878 and made Sutro "the King of Comstock" because it could drain four million gallons of water daily<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deach |first=Ben |title=Silver State Sights: The Sutro Tunnel |url=http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Silver-State-Sights-The-Sutro-Tunnel-469520623.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817230047/http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Silver-State-Sights-The-Sutro-Tunnel-469520623.html |archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> and was rented by mine owners at an average of $10,000 a day.<ref name="Dickson 1947" />

After a year of running the tunnel, Adolph moved back to San Francisco. His brother Theodore Sutro took over the Sutro Tunnel Company. Theodore Sutro sold the Sutro Tunnel Company to Franklin Leonard, Sr., after Adolph's death.