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The history of fifty years of mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950
The history of fifty years of mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950


 
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Title: The history of fifty years of mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950

Author: Jay A. Carpenter, Russell Richard Elliott, and Byrd Fanita Wall Sawyer
Year: 1953
Series No.: Bulletin 51
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Format: 167 pages, 9 x 6 inches, 1 b/w drawing, 11 b/w photos, 2 appendices
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Text is divided into 3 parts: the first part consists of extracts from The gold and silver rushes of Nevada-- 1900-1910, a 1921 thesis by Byrd Fanita Wall Sawyer; the second part consistsof extracts from The Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog mining districts--1900-1950, a 1946 thesis by Russel Richard Elliott; the final part is A history of fifty years of mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950, by Jay A. Carpenter. This last part reviews the developments, key companies, and influential men of the era. Appendices cite production and references. Originally published as University of Nevada Bulletin, v. 47, no. 1, Geology and Mining series, no. 51, January 1953. Supplementary geologic information is available in NBMG Bulletins 92, 99A, and 99B.

Original Product Code: B51