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A mine building in the Goldfield area.

The Belmont was Tonopah's second most prosperous mining company with a production of over $38,000,000. The 60 stamp mill, one of Tonopah's largest, was built in 1911 and crushed ore until August 1, 1923. It was dismantled in 1927. The company continued mining until 1929, when operations were turned over to the Budelman Syndicate which began leasing blocks of the mine. Leasing continued until October 31, 1939 when a fire of undetermined origin burned out the shaft timbers. The Belmont was the scene of Tonopah's worst mine disasters when an underground fire on February 23, 1911 took the lives of 17 men. The fire was apparently started by a miner's candle left behind in a pile of timber.

Pacific Coast Borax Company mill at Death Valley Junction. This is the south end of the mill, with railroad tracks leading out of the image at the bottom left corner.

Photograph of a mining operation.

A general view of an unidentified mine.

Old-timer Matt Kusick sits at ruins in Johnnie. [identified by Dorothy Dorothy]

Building structures in a mining operation area sit in a valley surrounded by mountains and desert. Three buildings are visible on the sandhill.