Men hold rifles around a table near a microphone, participating in a "Raffle" at the Tonopah Club. Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Unknown. 2. Ray Kretschner 3. Emerson Titlow 4. Dilbert Trueba 5. Dick Trueba 6. Roy Moore, Piano Player who drew numbers." Site Name: Tonopah Club
Materials contain photographs of the ranches and mining operations around Tonopah, Nevada from 1902 to 1989. Materials include photographs of residents of the town of Tonopah, the tungsten mine in Smoky Valley, Railroad Valley and Iron Canyon, mills, Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Stone Valley, Terrell Mine, and bars and clubs in Tonopah.
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Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221 Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
Tonopah, Nevada, May 1901. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Tonopah's rich silver ledges were discovered in May of 1900 by Jim Butler." By 1910 Tonopah had become the largest city in Nevada. Its mines produced over $ 150,000,000 in silver and gold. Tonopah is a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Water Brush." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1979.
Ed. of Mar. 1904, reprinted Apr. 1910 ; Scale 1:12,000 (W 117 14'--W 117 12'/N 38 05'--N 38 03') ; 1 map : col. ; 41 x 31 cm ; Oriented with north toward the upper left ; Relief shown by contours and hachures ; Topography by W.J. Peters ; "Surveyed in 1902-1903." ; "Triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey." ;
Inscription on back reads: "No. 1 is our house "2 is where folks live" 3 is Senator Oddie's "4 is Jimmy's house Tonopah Nevada June 2 1906 Brougher Mountain looking across from Oddie Mountain."