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English: Panoramic view of the Tonopah Mining Park (now a historic site) and Mount Butler in the distance, Tonopah, Nevada, ca.1904
  • Photograph of a panoramic view of the Tonopah Mining Park (now a historic site) and Mount Butler in the distance, Tonopah, Nevada, ca.1904.
  • Near the base of Mount Butler and scattered across a large amount of land are mining facilities, buildings, cabins, cottages, tents, and houses that make up the mining park.


"[Tonopah was] discovered by James L Butler in 1902, local Indian word meaning 'water brush' or 'brush water springs'." -- unknown author.; "Not many mining towns can boast gold and silver production of $250,000,000 but Tonopah can. As was the case with many mining towns, the discovery of gold at Tonopah was quite by accident. It is said a prospector by the name of James Butler was tracking down his mules that were missing. After tracking them down, he picked up a rock to throw at them but did not for he noticed the rock was flecked with something that looked like gold. Indeed, it was. Credit is given to Mrs. Butler who staked out the claim and got things going. She named the mine Mizpah that turned out to be one of the richest producers in the area. Tonopah's peak period was around 1905 when it became the county seat. Like so many before it, the good times were not to last. Production began to decline noticeably about 1913 and the glory days were a thing of the past. However, Tonopah today is far from being a ghost town. Hotels, clubs, stores and restaurants are there for the comfort of the town's visitors. Tonopah is at the point where highway 95 intersects highway 6." -- Henry Chenoweth.



Call number: CHS-5418
Legacy record ID: chs-m17363; USC-1-1-1-14215
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-5418
Coverage date: circa 1904
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Tonopah
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5418
Microfiche number: 1-111-69
Archival file: chs_Volume99/CHS-5418.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): mine sites
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Identifying number: unidentified no: 2719
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1904
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Nevada
Subject (file heading): Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- General
Format: glass plate negatives
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Nye
Subject (lcsh): Mines and mineral resources
Date circa 1904
date QS:P,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/17360
Author Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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