The $53,000,000 Ghost Town of the 1800s 111,621 views Jan 12, 2024 In today's history documentary, we're covering the incredible story of Sutro Tunnel. The Sutro Tunnel was envisioned and carried out by Adolph Sutro. A Prussian immigrant and entrepreneur, Sutro proposed to build a drainage adit that would efficiently drain the water from the Comstock Mines, reduce transportation costs, ventilate the mines and protect the miners lives. The tunnel connected to the Savage Mine on July 8th, 1878, and on June 30th 1879, the adit connected to all mines and the first water was released. The tunnel runs 3.88 miles long from Dayton to Virginia City. More information: https://thesutrotunnel.org/