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.