Tonopah, Nevada Queen of the Silver Camps. The Tonopah-Belmont mine burned Feb 23, 1911, many miners lost their lives.

I thought I was going to be able to post images,




https://i.postimg.cc/ZnMWyk37/Tonopa...-Mine-1912.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/0j63PmC6/IMG-0293.jpg Tonopah-Belmont Mine & Mill 1913

https://i.postimg.cc/jqZPrmWJ/IMG-0300.jpg The mill boasted some of the most modern ball mills at that time

https://i.postimg.cc/cC9nMtqc/IMG-0299.jpg Silver Bullion ready for shipment at Tonopah-Belmont Mill

[img]https://i.postimg.cc/kGZ0bw5F/IMG-0282.jpg[/img] Tonopah-Belmont Mine & Mill Ruins Current

https://i.postimg.cc/SNPZmJX8/Big-Bill-Murphy-jpg.jpg Bill Murphy died rescuing miners Feb. 1911

https://i.postimg.cc/63z0g3J8/Bill-Murphy.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/90nBXnfV/Murphy-Plaque.jpg

https://mountainscholar.org/bitstrea...=1&isAllowed=y
Two men viewing the headframe after the fire.

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=...-txIN--------1

https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.c...lmont_mine.htm

The mine was reopend and operated until 1939.