Trip to Reno, via Silver Peak
Nevada, February 2003

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Resting on California Highway 168 near the summit of Gilbert Pass, California, in the White Mountains, looking southwest toward Deep Springs Valley, February 2003.


 

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Do not exceed 25 miles per hour on U.S. Highway 95 through Tonopah, Nevada. Looking at the Post Office from the balcony of the Jim Butler Motel.


 

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A shuttered hotel in downtown Tonopah.


 

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Sherry at the Jim Butler Motel. (The historic Mizpah Hotel behind out motel, has been shuttered as a result of the depressed economy in this part of the state.)


 

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Marty begins to descend the stairs from our motel room. Mine workings are visible on the hill behind the hotel.


 

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Marty, Sherry, and Dave at the historic site of Blair, near Silver Peak, Nevada.


 

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"BLAIR, Developed by Accident"


 

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Marty and Sherry at the historic site of Blair. "The Crater" is a cinder cone in the distance to the left of Marty.


 

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View to the north of the Nevada mining town of Silver Peak.


 

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Dave, at the crossroads in the center of Silver Peak, Nevada.


 

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"Silver Peak"


 

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Marty tries to stay warm in Silver Peak. Chemetall Foote Corp. (lithium operation) office in background.


 


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