2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03https://hdl.handle.net/11124/6453Date scanned: 2002-05-16.USBM #56986; Figure 1. Fire in Tonopah-Belmont shaft, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Donor: United States Bureau of Mines.Fire engulfs the headframe and surface buildings of the Tonopah-Belmont Mine (Belmont Mine) in Tonopah, Nevada. Silver was discovered on the future site of Tonopah in 1900 and the site quickly became a booming camp. The Tonopah-Belmont Mining Company was formed in 1902. In 1911 a fire broke out at the bottom of the Belmont shaft and 17 men died from the fire's toxic fumes. The Tonopah-Belmont Mine was reopened and continued to produce silver and gold until another fire closed the Mine in 1939.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlSilver mines and miningUnderground miningStillImage