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Broadside poster produced at a seminal time for Adolph Sutro's famous tunnel into the Comstock Lode, which would drain the rich mines and provide ventilation and means of entrance and egress. The broadside reads: "Miners! Laboring Men! Mechanics! Rally! Great Mass Meeting at Piper's Opera House. Adolph Sutro Will address the Citizens of Virginia City - Monday Eve - 20th 8 o'clock. Subject: `The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California." Admission Free. Seats reserved for Ladies. Come one! Come all!" The place and time of the meeting is written in. Sutro was at this time attempting to overcome the opposition of the Bank of California, run by William Chapman Ralson and William Sharon, to his proposed tunnel into the Comstock Lode. The bank owned mines in the area, and refused to provide financing to a scheme which would in the end compete with its own interests. However, a fire in the Yellowjacket Mine in 1869 killed 45 miners, and Sutro alleged that his tunnel, had it been built, would have provided an escape passage. He was able to capitalize on the tragedy, using such meetings as the one announced in this broadside to turn public opinion to his side, and eventually financing of $50,000 was procured from the Miner's Union.