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The Tonopah Gold and Silver District
October 2009 by Chris Ralph
The discovery of the Tonopah District by Jim Butler in May, 1900, was by far the most important event of its time, just as the discovery of the Comstock was the most important event in the Nevada’s earlier history.
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