Tonopah Nevada - Part 6 "Remnants Of A Silver Fortress"
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Tonopah Nevada - Part 6 "Remnants Of A Silver Fortress"

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The Tonopah - Belmont Mining Company was formed in 1902 which would eventually connect to the Desert Queen Mine below Mount Oddie. The company had 11 claims and owned about 160 acres thus they would need to build a mill to process all the ore coming out of the mines. There was almost 39 miles of tunnels built under this mill. In 1901 the silver ore had to be shipped to Millers for processing. But from 1912 to 1923 a massive 60 stamp mill was built here to process copper, gold, silver and lead were pulled out of these mines on site. As a matter in fact in 1913 the mines and mill processed over $10 million dollars in profits. During its years of operation over $120 million dollars was made in profits. One of the shafts sunk on site was 1700' in depth and mining here was dangerous. In 1911 some timbers had caught on fire making the air toxic. Seventeen men never made it out alive at this site due to probably a candle being left burning which led to many miners not being able to escape to the surface. Today what remains of this silver fortress are ruins such as massive walls, remnants of a smelter, perhaps a TNT vault, tunnels and so much more. I will climb the side of Oddie Peak to take you up the different tiers to the top of the mill above the old Tonopah Army Airbase its incredible I also had a nail go through my foot so it can be dangerous climbing around here in the snow because there are hazards. So you can imagine how dangerous it was to work here back when the mill was operable. One of the shafts perhaps some springs I come across are covered by giant stone slabs you can hear the water rushing fast and ill even take you the top of a massive silver dump pile so you can see how massive the mill is from afar. This mill is a beast an urban exploration you will not want to miss!

http://paranormalghostsociety.org/TonopahNevada.htm

In the West by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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