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Title: Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Post by: Rick on October 30, 2025, 10:22:25 AM
Yesterday I visited the Tonopah Historic Mining Park.
Link to their website: https://www.tonopahminingpark.com

Here are a few pictures from my visit.

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Title: Re: Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Post by: Vietnam Seabee on October 30, 2025, 10:31:42 AM
Many good modeling possibilities there!!!
terry
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Post by: Jerry on October 30, 2025, 10:39:52 AM
Rick great pictures.  Thanks once again for sharing your adventures with us!

Jerryt
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Post by: Larry C on October 30, 2025, 11:08:15 AM
Rick great photos; thanks for sharing. That definitely is just screaming to be modeled.
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Post by: Philip on October 30, 2025, 12:08:20 PM
Awesome!
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Post by: elwoodblues on October 30, 2025, 09:23:19 PM
Those buildings are in remarkably good shape considering their age, great photos Rick,

Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: jbvb on October 31, 2025, 02:24:17 PM
Ron, Nevada is different from most other states - There's enough tax revenue from gambling and other sinful entertainment that at some point the legislature established a program of significant grants to the various counties.  The Nevada Northern Museum has benefited from these, and I expect the Tonopah Historic Mining Park does so too.  They certainly keep their buildings painted.. I shot some of the same structures when I visited aboard the NRHS convention bus in 2014, and I'm not sure I see the elevated ore cart trestle Rick shows:

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Title: Re: Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Post by: jbvb on October 31, 2025, 02:33:50 PM
The first two are definitely inside the big red hoist house. The gantry hoist and forge may also be in that building.

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Title: Re: Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Post by: Rick on October 31, 2025, 03:09:39 PM
James, I didn't go inside that big red building so I missed out on that.

I did shoot a lot of video but it will take me a while to get to editing and posting that.
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Post by: deemery on October 31, 2025, 04:02:46 PM
That portable rig looks similar to the Keystone rig:  http://www.petroleumhistory.org/OilHistory/pages/Portable/keystone.html  Years ago, I remember seeing a layout with a scratchbuilt Keystone rig in HO Scale.  I think he entered that into the model contest and took home a prize for it.  (Maybe Vagel remembers that layout, it was located south of Pittsburgh....)

dave
Title: Re: Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Post by: friscomike on November 01, 2025, 12:37:44 PM
Howdy Rick,

Thanks for the photos.  They are a great source for reference.  I see several ideas for my layout. 

Have fun,
mike
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