By the time the partners moved to Goldfield, Nevada and made their Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company a public corporation in 1906, Nixon and Wingfield were worth more than $30 million. They grub-staked (provided with food, supplies and tools in an exchange for a percentage of mine yield) miners with friend Nick Abelman, and bought existing mines. Nixon, a banker, arrived in town, Wingfield invested in his Nye County Bank. imported goods.īy 1904, after investing his winnings in the Boston-Tonopah Mining Company, Wingfield was worth $2 million. This resulted in China enforcing a boycott in China of U.S. In 1903, miners rioted against Chinese workers in Tonopah. Once he had a small bankroll, he talked Jack Carey, owner of the Tonopah Club, into taking him in as a partner and to file for a gaming license. George Wingfield, a 24-year-old poker player when he arrived in Tonopah, played poker and dealt faro in the town saloons. Men of wealth and power entered the region to consolidate the mines and reinvest their profits into the infrastructure of the town of Tonopah. He had stumbled upon the second-richest silver strike in Nevada history.
When Butler discovered the animal the next morning, he picked up a rock to throw at it in frustration, noticing that the rock was unusually heavy. The legendary tale of discovery says that he went looking for a burro that had wandered off during the night and sought shelter near a rock outcropping. The American community began circa 1900 with the discovery of silver-rich ore by prospector Jim Butler. History Tonopah in 1913 Old Mizpah mine in 1980 The census-designated place (CDP) of Tonopah has a total area of 16.2 square miles (42 km 2), all land. In the 2010 census, the population was 2,478. Routes 6 and 95, approximately midway between Las Vegas and Reno. Tonopah is located at the junction of U.S. Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel. Tonopah ( / ˈ t oʊ n ə ˌ p ɑː/ TOHN-ə-pah, Shoshoni language: Tonampaa ) is an unincorporated town in, and the county seat of, Nye County, Nevada, United States.
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