Pyramid 67 solution - WON

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Pyramid 67 solution cont...

The flood building connection:

The building was constructed on the site of the Baldwin Hotel & Theater that was destroyed by fire in 1898, and later purchased by James L. Flood, son of James Clair Flood (1826-1888) the Comstock Lode millionaire

 

The title "Bonanza" is a term used by miners in regard to a large vein or deposit of ore,^[1] and commonly refers to The Comstock Lode.

The clock was purchased by Samuels in 1915, then in 1943 samuels purchased  856 market street,

Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett once worked for Samuels writing advertising copy. Hammett used the clock in Samuels ads and referred to it in at least one of his mystery stories.

Christopher "Chris" Alcaide

Played in Bonanza(connection with the flood builiding and Comstock Lode) and he came out of retirement in 1982 to play an unnamed man in a corporate boardroom in the film Hammett, a fictional story of author Dashiell Hammett.^[

He was cast in his first, uncredited, screen role as Eddie in the 1950 production of the Tennessee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie.