Tonopah Nevada - Part 5 "Queen Of The Silver Camps"
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Tonopah Nevada - Part 5 "Queen Of The Silver Camps"

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Their are quite a few stories about how Tonopah came to be the most well known is about a Hay Farmer named Jim Butler who lived in Belmont. He woke up after camping near the springs an ancient place to the Shoshone Indians. He woke up in the morning found his mule had wandered off as the story goes he went to pick up a rock to throw at it turned out it was high grade silver ore the other story is that his mule kicked over a piece of ore. No matter how he discovered gold Butler had Tasker Oddie of Belmont a Nevada governor and senator get the ore assayed. Therefore Oddie, along with Jim Butler and his wife Bell filed at least eight claims which led to some of the richest silver mines in the country if not the world. In a matter of a decade mines like the Mizpah, Montana, Tonopah - Belmont, Silver Top, Burrow and Desert Queen brought in nearly 200 million dollars in revenue. When the first load of ore was sent to Austin then Salt Lake the Butlers used the money hire miners eventually leasing the mines. Today you can see the original claims, mills, scattered mining equipment, vaults, stone ruins, remnants of the Goldfield & Tonopah Railroad, House of Barbara Graham aka Bloody Babs, TNT shacks and a special tour of the Desert Queen mine where many miners died tragically in the 1911 Belmont Mine fire. Tonopah and the camp was built right around these mines so this is a focal point and is very well preserved almost as if you stepped back in time. There are some great views of the mountains 360 degrees along with downtown Tonopah just below our exploration. To sweeten the deal ill take everyone 500' in a steel cage suspended above a deep mine shaft and in the Burrow mine. If you have time you will really enjoy this amazing adventure and exploration in the cold of winter just below Oddie Peak. Special song and gallery near the send called Seeger enjoy!

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