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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BX_jim-and-belle-butler_Tonopah-NV.html
In May 1900, Jim and Belle Butler came prospecting from their hay ranch at Belmont to stake the claims that gave rise to Tonopah. This was the first silver bonanza of the 20th century. It prompted a mining renaissance and this heritage is Tonopah'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BW_big-bill-murphy_Tonopah-NV.html
This statue depicts Big Bill Murphy, hero of the tragic Tonopah Belmont Mine fire that killed 17 miners on February 23, 1911. Murphy went down in the mine cage a number of times to bring up stricken miners. On the last trip he did not return.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WH_lady-guardian-of-old-belmont_Manhattan-NV.html
The grand old building to the left, once known as the Philadelphia House was built by the Combination Silver Mining Company of New York in 1866. Constructed of native stone acquired from a nearby quarry, the building served as headquarters for min…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14BZ_belmont-mine-fire-mural_Tonopah-NV.html
The mural you are viewing was painted by noted mural artist, Lee Bowerman of Grand Junction, Colorado and is dedicated to Nevada Mine Safety in remembrance of the Belmont Mine Fire of February 23, 1911 and the heroism of cage tender, Wiliam F. (Bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZPA_the-tonopah-mining-boom_Tonopah-NV.html
In 1900. Jim Butler stopped at a site known as Tonapah, or Little Water, in the Western Shoshone language. Taking a few rock samples, he discovered a mine that led to one of the most important mineral finds of the early twentieth century. As the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHZ_rhyolites-district-of-shadows_Beatty-NV.html
Up the hill lies the financial and population core of Rhyolite, capital of Rhyoleind, and trade center for rhyoleir, the rare lighter-than-air mineral that gave the city its power, wealth and, some said, purpose. You'll see bottlehouses built from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVB1_john-g-kirchen_Tonopah-NV.html
Born - June 13, 1874 Lake Linden, MichiganDied - March 4, 1931 San Francisco, California
This monument, constructed in 1931 was dedicated in memory of John G. Kirchen. Tonopah businessman and manager of The Tonopah Extension Mining Co. 1906-193…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7V_old-boundary_Beatty-NV.html
The 37th Degree North Latitude is marked at this point as the dividing line between the territories of Utah and New Mexico under the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 which originally organized the land ceded by Mexico in 1848.
When the Ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSHB_tonopah_Tonopah-NV.html
To Jim Butler, District Attorney of Nye County, goes the credit for making the ore discoveries which ended the twenty-year slump in Nevada's economy. Migratory Indian bands originally applied the name Tonopah to a small spring in the nearby San An…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0M_nevada-test-site_Pahrump-NV.html
Testing of devices for defense and for peaceful uses of nuclear explosives is conducted here. The nation's principal nuclear explosives testing laboratory is located within this 1,350 square mile, geologically complex, area in the isolated valleys…