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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVB_wm-billy-marsh_Tonopah-NV.html
Co-Founder of
Goldfield, Nevada
"The Greatest Gold Camp On Earth"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVA_harry-stimler_Tonopah-NV.html
Co-Founder of
Goldfield, Nevada
"The Greatest Gold Camp On Earth"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX9_undiscovered-silver-vein_Tonopah-NV.html
The hidden vein of silver ore in the middle of the road was exposed when the road was bladed in the 1950's. The vein was missed by the old timers and is an example of how all the outcropped veins looked when they were discovered by Jim Butler in M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX7_mizpah-mine-powder-magazine_Tonopah-NV.html
Used to store all dynamite, fuse and blasting caps used in Tonopah Mining Co. mines.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX6_verdi-lumber-company-coal-bin_Tonopah-NV.html
Built around 1908, this building was used to house coal unloaded from the Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad in Tonopah. The bin was donated by Larry Moss and moved to this location by the Nye County Road Department.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX5_into-the-depths_Tonopah-NV.html
Look above you to the large headframe of the Mizpah Mine on the hill. Imagine entering a cage at the bottom of that headframe. You would be lowered 1,500 feet (more than a 1/4 of a mile!), the depth of the Mizpah shaft. When you reached the bottom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX0_teamsters_Tonopah-NV.html
Once the ore was mined and sacked, it had to be hauled to the railroad. That task was entrusted to the Teamsters, so called because they drove teams of mules, horses or both. Each Teamster was assisted by a Swamper, who watered and fed the team at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWZ_stopes_Tonopah-NV.html
The stopes are where the ore bodies were mined out. These show where the veins actually came to the surface. Jim Butler's original discovery was on these veins near the back of the old fire house. The ore bodies averaged about 500' in depth and mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWY_framing-building_Tonopah-NV.html
The pile of pipe beside the building is fan pipe which was used to send air down the mine and through the workings for ventilation. The air was supplied by large fans on the surface. The pile of wire on the hill behind the building is banding from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWW_the-leasers_Tonopah-NV.html
A great mystery of the desert is how quickly word travels of a rich mineral strike! The discovery started America's last great mining rush.Belle and Jim devised a plan to handle the rush. They leased parts of their claim, the richest of all, to en…