Sutro, Nevada

Sutro, Nevada[1] is a ghost town in Lyon County, Nevada, where the Sutro Tunnel is located.

Sutro, Nevada
Ghost town
Sutro, Nevada
Location within the state of Nevada
Sutro, Nevada
Sutro, Nevada (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°16′48″N 119°35′03″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyLyon
Elevation4,478 ft (1,365 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID856145

History
Historical marker in Sutro

Sutro was founded by Adolph Sutro, an immigrant of Prussia, Germany. He came to the United States in 1850, and while in San Francisco he heard news about a gold rush in Washoe County. He left San Francisco to explore the region around the Comstock Lode, building a number of mills and ovens to recover the gold and silver from the ore.[2] In 1860, he had a dream to build a massive tunnel to expand drainage and airflow to the Comstock Lode. After a fire on April 7, 1869 killed 45 miners due to suffocation, construction began on October 19, 1869, and the main tunnel was completed in 1878.[2]

During construction, the company town of Sutro was created at the lower end of the tunnel. At one time, boasting a population of 600-800 people, a church, a weekly newspaper, and a post office that was in operation from March 1872 until October 1920.[3][4]

It is Nevada Historical Marker number 85.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sutro
  2. ghosttowns.com. "Sutro". Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sutro Post Office (historical)
  4. "Sutro". Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 9, 2020.


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