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A Historic Mining Park now,but in the 1900 silver was discovered by Jim Butler and tonopah is know as queen of the silver mines. The welcome sign as entering town,a cemetary from the early 1900s,Clown motel is where i stayed for the night,and part of the mining park. |
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Tonopah volunteer firetruck and some very old houses.The grandparents may have lived in a similar looking house. |
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More of the mining park,famous Mizpah Hotel,Motorcart for removing silver ore from the mine and more old houses. |
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Clown Motel sign,a stampmill for breaking the ore rock to find silver,town tonopah with giant T on mountain side and communications towers on mountain top. |
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Donkeys where first used to haul the silver ore out of the mines,Then later on small trains were used,This is a mobile jail some mining towns had no jail. |
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Click On Pictures To Enlarge Designer:Joseph Phipps
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